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10.4: Retrieve WAN IP via script and Automator
Authored by: wsdr on Jun 07, '06 08:04:31AM

Why not just get a dyndns.org account and install one of the DynamicDNS updater apps? I do this on several computers that I have to access remotely, and it works great. The account are free for up to 5 active dynamic addresses.



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10.4: Retrieve WAN IP via script and Automator
Authored by: designr on Jun 07, '06 09:11:40AM

Almost every home DSL/Cable router I've seen in the past few years has directly supported dyndns.org accounts. Look for the dyndns tab in your router's setup page.



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10.4: Retrieve WAN IP via script and Automator
Authored by: delta592 on Jun 07, '06 07:57:11PM
Copuple of alternatives can be run from the Terminal:

curl -s http://whatismyip.com | awk '/Your/ {print $4}' | awk -F\< '{print $1}'



You could use this if you have lynx installed:

lynx -dump http://whatismyip.com | awk '/Your/ {print $4}'

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10.4: Retrieve WAN IP via script and Automator
Authored by: unforeseen:X11 on Jun 08, '06 07:23:40AM
Simply use www.whatismyip.org and you get nothing but your IP back. Much easier.

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10.4: Retrieve WAN IP via script and Automator
Authored by: joshturse on Jun 08, '06 08:57:40AM
Another alternative would be noip - www.noip.com - works well, free for the first 10 or so computers.

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