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Re: [PLUG] finding the IP
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Nevermind. "ifconfig ppp0" does the trick. In the immortal words of
Homer Simpson... DOH!
That reminds me: was DOH! ever used in the english language prior to The
Simpsons? Seems to me it should have been :-)
Eric
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 08:49:26AM -0400, eric@lucii.org wrote:
> I've got a script (perl, natch) that emails me from a linux server when
> it's IP address changes. It uses cron to check hourly and compares
> against a file with the last IP.
>
> It determines the IP by parsing the output of "ifconfig eth1".
>
> Sadly, this does not work on a Verizon DSL line --- must be because of
> the use of PPPOE? /sbin/route does not work either... the IP is simply
> not there.
>
> Anyone know how to reliably determine the IP address of a box that's
> using PPPOE?
>
> TIA
>
>
> Eric
>
> --
> # Eric Lucas
> # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
> # And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
> # -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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# Eric Lucas
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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