On 23-Nov-2004/20:19 -0800, Pete Nesbitt <pete@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On November 23, 2004 07:58 pm, Edward wrote: >> >> Just a side note Pete - I'm by no means a scripter, but where does the >> above script find the router's external IP address? >> > > >Hi Ed, >You raise some interesting questions. This may come down to which DSL >technology is in place. > >My DSL connection (always-on) comes in to a DSL modem (telco provided) that >has a 10 Mb Ethernet port on the inside. That feeds into a Linux box which >has 3 nics (InterNet, LAN, DMZ) and acts as a fireqwall/gateway. If it is a >hardware router, well then that is a different story, I guess I always >presume Linux:-) A modem only provides a path to the NIC on the computer and you can find the address of the NIC with ifconfig. But a router has it's own IP and provides 192.168.*.* DHCP to the internal network. The router's external IP is not visible to ifconfig. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Ctony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx%3E> AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.greene-family.org/tony/> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
