m > From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Wed Jun 6 07:37:57 2012 > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:06:48 -0700 (PDT) > From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= <laszlo_daniel...@yahoo.com> > To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Subject: IP -> e-mail > > Hi everybody, > > Let say my computer is connected to the internet with a cable modem and h > as a dynamic IP address via DHCP. This address is refreshed after every r > andom days. > I want to know the new address even when I'm not home. Like send an e-mai > l with the new IP, I already know how to do this, but how can I track the > event when my computer receives the new IP? > Any ideas or same issues?
Schedule a 'cron' job to run as frequently as you like. Have it: a) do an 'ifconfig -a', or maybe just check the 'interface of interest'. b) 'diff' that output against a 'reference' copy from the previous run c) send an email if diff reports differences d) save the ifconfig output for referene in the next run _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
