> Something similarly cool would be if I could set it up to listen for a > particular ring pattern (a "one ringer") that signals it to ppp into my isp > and then email me the IP address it has been issued. Then I could telnet to > it or run it as a web server, etc. I'm sure this has been done before. Check out http://www.ml.org/ml/dyndns/ ... you can get a hostname, register your new IP everytime it changes, and refer to your host by name rather than IP.
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