10.4: Retrieve WAN IP via script and Automator

I often access my G5 and my home network at large from the office. The problem is my bad connection, NAT, and not having a static IP. It's usually good enough that I only have to check my WAN IP address once a day. The problem is I'm going on vacation for a while, and would like to be able to 'check in.' So, between my abysmal scripting and Automator skills, I think I've got something worked out. So, the first thing is a bash script that goes out to the web and gets the IP address of the machine it's running on. If things worked, it will print a message saying: Here's the current IP Information for DuoBook XX.XX.XX.XX As far as I can tell everything ran fine. Next, I compiled an Automator workflow (download) ... view original article
Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:30:00 +0200

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