[Nep2ne]

Hi

I support a number of clients that have DHCP-based connections and was considering using ARD to help them out. I've set it up before with a few machines and it works phenominally well.

Just curious to know that since their IP addresses will change, is there a way for me to get an email with their updated IP information once it changes?

I know they can point to a site like whatismyip.com but I'm looking for something a little more automatic. Thanks.

[rjenkinson]

you could probably edit this applescript to compare the current IP address to the previous one and then display a dialog.

-r.

[Nep2ne]

Thanks! That might be just the thing for my clients!

[hadocon]

Make a bash script like this:

Code:
ifconfig | mail address@foo.com

and then add it to the crontab

This will email the output of ifconfig to the email address

[RevEvs]

I use cron.

I use curl to get the content of whatsmyip.com and then use regexp to extract the IP.

[CharlesS]

Are you in a situation where your clients on the same subnet as you, such as at university/company helpdesk or something similar? Because if so, you could use Bonjour to give everyone a .local address and then access that instead of the IP.

[JLL]

Originally Posted by Nep2ne

Hi

I support a number of clients that have DHCP-based connections and was considering using ARD to help them out. I've set it up before with a few machines and it works phenominally well.

Just curious to know that since their IP addresses will change, is there a way for me to get an email with their updated IP information once it changes?

ARD doesn't care - it can find the machines even if they change IP addresses. You can also use a scanner in ARD to always look at that specific subnet.

[doublep]

You could try Ipanema:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/mo...amp;vid=144750

[King Bob On The Cob]

I'd say Growl, but that's just me ;-)

[doublep]

King Bob On The Cob,

Out of curiosity, how would you do that with Growl?