How to tell IP address of remote machine?

[Mikkel]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> 
> ifconfig only seems to give the local 192.168.*.* address.
> Is there some way of getting it to tell the true IP address?
> 
> (The remote machine is attached to an ADSL modem.
> I can get the IP address by accessing the modem,
> but I am not sure how I could automate this.
> I guess I could use lynx, and try to abstract the address ...)
> 
You could download ddclient and change the config to mail all
messages to you. Or you could modify the pearl script to do what you
want. On the other hand, it is probably easier to sign up for one of
the free dynamic DNS services and just use the host name.

Mikkel
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