I’m doing a similar thing, but writing the current IP# to a particular dropbox file that is shared with me.
> On Oct 27, 2015, at 1:39 PM, Roger Eller <roger.e.el...@sealedair.com> wrote: > > I know someone that had a dynamic setup like you describe. It was simple > and easy for 1 person access. > > He had a local script checking the IP every 5 or 10 minutes (at home). > When it no longer matched the last known IP, the script would write a small > text file TO A WEB SERVER that was hosting a site he owns. Then from > anywhere, he could access that file to find his way back home (so to speak). > > ~Roger > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> > wrote: > >> Most of my servers have fixed IP addresses, but I'm about to add one to my >> home where the IP will be dynamic. >> >> The most common solution for making servers with dynamic IPs findable is >> DDNS, and there are of course many free providers of such a service. >> >> Put since this isn't a public server (just for testing and >> experimentation) I'll be the only user, and it occurs to me I could take a >> few minutes to craft a simple solution to know the server's current IP by >> using a CGI at one of my sites hosted with real DNS in conjunction with an >> auto-run app on the server to call it similar to what many DDNS services >> use. >> >> I'm inclined to do that only because I like tinkering, but I thought I'd >> check in here to see if this very specific use case was something others >> might have a need for. If so, I might get around to documenting the CGI >> and sharing it, but since most folks just use DDNS I'd guess this 302-based >> workaround is probably too use-case specific to be of interest. If I'm >> wrong let me know and that'll motivate me to get around to documenting it >> that much sooner. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
