How do you check your external IP?

[Ben Walton]

> I usually go to my router's webpage.  But, my new router has fancy Java
> enabled webpage that I can't log in using Lynx.  So, I can't script it.
> My plan is to send email to myself if IP changes.  :-)

If you just want to check the IP, that's been well covered, but isn't
a better idea to have a name that tracks the IP so you don't need to
care what the IP is?  I use both ZoneEdit and DynDNS names in this
way.  Many routers have built-in support for these services now which
means you don't even need to run a client on the machine.  If you
want/need the email too, a client on a machine behind the router might
be nicer though as I don't recall seeing a 'mail me' option in any of
the routers that sport dyndns updaters.

HTH.
-Ben
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