How do you check your external IP?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Sat, 12 May 2012, William Park wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> How do you check your external IP?  I know about <whatismyip.com>, but I
> would like to know other sites.
>
> 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.  :-)

http://cfaj.freeshell.org/ipaddr.cgi

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