[ale] Stupid IP question

[Michael Still]

You could setup a hostname with dyndns as well.  I've used this is
multiple locations for many years with no trouble.  Finding out your
ip then becomes a dns lookup.  Many routers now support this or other
similar services out of the box.

https://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/


On Jan 14, 2008 4:39 PM, PairOfTwins <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Wow --- so many responses!
>
> For remote support, I'm wanting the IP that comcast shows the world from
> her house.
>
> I'd tried traceroute from my machine, and it DID NOT give me my public
> IP, only an Earthlink IP that's similar.
>
> Brian -- the "wget" command DOES match my Earthlink-assigned public IP
> --- very good!
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
> =====================================================
>
>
> List wrote:
> > Yeah, actually traceroute does.  Just tried it on several machines.
> > It nicely give me the network facing interface as the first hop after
> > my router.
> >
> >
> > Greg Freemyer wrote:
> >> And nor will traceroute.
> >>
> >> On Jan 14, 2008 2:16 PM, List <lst at wiencko.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> ifconfig will give you the local IP address (facing the unix box).  I
> >>> think he's looking for the IP address on the network side of the modem,
> >>> which ipconfig will not see.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jeff Lightner wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Why not just run ifconfig?
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> >>>> List
> >>>> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 1:44 PM
> >>>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> >>>> Subject: Re: [ale] Stupid IP question
> >>>>
> >>>> traceroute will get you there if the user can get to a root shell.
> >>>>
> >>>> PairOfTwins wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Anyone:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How do I find the dynamic IP of a comcast user, so I can do remote
> >>>>> support?  Firefox, which I'd normally use, is not loading.   This is
> >>>>> Ubuntu, so there's no Konq to fall back on.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Tom
> >>>>>
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