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Is there a program that will report a dynamic IP address to an HTML page on a server.
We are getting new cable modem service as our current dsl is lacking...The only problem is they won't be offering static ip's for a month after we get it?
My boss uses remote desktop to get into his computer from home, but without a static ip address we can't count on it being the same all the time. I don't PLAN on ever disconnecting the cable, so we should technically be pretty much static all the time....
Is there a program that I can run on one of the computers here to report our wan IP address to remote desktop directly? Or update a web page so that you can just click a link and log into remote desktop webpage?
Hopefully this is free, but if the features are right, I will pay for them.
Thanks,
Tom
BTW, this is pretty urgent as we get this new service on friday.
My boss uses remote desktop to get into his computer from home, but without a static ip address we can't count on it being the same all the time. I don't PLAN on ever disconnecting the cable, so we should technically be pretty much static all the time....
Is there a program that I can run on one of the computers here to report our wan IP address to remote desktop directly? Or update a web page so that you can just click a link and log into remote desktop webpage?
Hopefully this is free, but if the features are right, I will pay for them.
Thanks,
Tom
BTW, this is pretty urgent as we get this new service on friday.
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I think I came up with a decent way to do what you want. You need to run a scheduled task (maybe once an hour) to launch a program to grab a web page from www.whatismyip.com (a site that reports your public address).
You can get the program "wget" for Windows at this location:
http://www.interlog.com/~tcharron/wgetwin.html
Just extract the files on your web server. Set up a scheduled task to run this command '<directory location>\wget.exe www.whatismyip.com'. This will get you a copy of their index.html file with your public IP address listed. Now you just need to move that html file to the right directory so it is accessible by web users and you're set.
If you need more details on how to do this, just write back.
Jeff
You can get the program "wget" for Windows at this location:
http://www.interlog.com/~tcharron/wgetwin.html
Just extract the files on your web server. Set up a scheduled task to run this command '<directory location>\wget.exe www.whatismyip.com'. This will get you a copy of their index.html file with your public IP address listed. Now you just need to move that html file to the right directory so it is accessible by web users and you're set.
If you need more details on how to do this, just write back.
Jeff
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Well I can offer a partial suggestion but I'd need more information to know where to go after.. but to start with you can write a quick script to put in event manager, and run it every hour or so which will write your ip information to a file.. create a .bat file with:
ipconfig /all >> C:\ipconfig.txt
You can have the locationa nd file name anywhere you want it... after that I'm not sure what options you have available, you could FTP the file to a website, you could write a script to telnet to your SMTP and email it every hour... what options do you have abvailable?
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ipconfig /all >> C:\ipconfig.txt
You can have the locationa nd file name anywhere you want it... after that I'm not sure what options you have available, you could FTP the file to a website, you could write a script to telnet to your SMTP and email it every hour... what options do you have abvailable?
DC
Eodred: I was thinking about that, but it would depend on the server itself having the external address. Now if supertrooper used a router, the server itself wouldn't know.
ipconfig |find "IP Address" > c:\ipconfig.txt would be a bit neater.
You could encapsulate all that in a batch file that writes a HTML file with no great effort.
We need to know how the connection works at present though before pursuing that :)
ipconfig |find "IP Address" > c:\ipconfig.txt would be a bit neater.
You could encapsulate all that in a batch file that writes a HTML file with no great effort.
We need to know how the connection works at present though before pursuing that :)
lol.. yes that would be neater but I'm generally one of those get'er'done people that just goes the easy quick route... I was having the same issue, for moving forward as you however, what kind of connection does he have and access to what...
The DynDNS service is a Quick FREE option. Also, in today's internet world it's silly not to have some sort of hardware firewall in front of your server. A cheap Linksys Router like a BEFSR41 (I've seen them as low as $29 after rebates) should be out front. Also, the firmware in the router supports configuring a connection to DynDNS, so the router updates the service and you don't need software on your server or workstation. One of the issues however, is that if DynDNS doesn't see any IP address changes over a period of time (I think 30 days and Cable connections don't change too often) it send an email to the registered account to verify/refresh the data, or the record gets removed (happened to a client of mine). You just need to setup an application filter in the router to support the remote desktop software.
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Sorry all, have been without connection to internet for a while... WOW scampgb, you were right. ;) IT was easy to use that dns service. Worked like a charm and it's free.
Thanks again everyone.
Thanks again everyone.
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Oh yeah.. 100 bonus points to you for the free tip.
Thanks again. ;)
Thanks again. ;)
Glad I could help :-)
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