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Re: [LUG] Tracking IP addresses

 

On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 18:17:43 +0100
Daniel Robinson wrote:

> On 5 September 2011 18:13, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 14:41:09 +0100
> > Daniel Robinson wrote:
> >
> > > Hello group.
> > >
> > > I am wanting to install VNC server software onto client computers
> > > to allow me to undertake remote computer repairs.
> > > I am considering using dyndns or similar to track computer ip
> > > addresses but thought i'd pop the question to you guys to see
> > > what my options are to track IP addresses on non static lines.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Daniel <no_face>
> >
> > If you have a server with a static IP, it might be worth
> > considering an alternative approach to it altogether.  Rather than
> > going down the dynamic DNS route, you could have a bit of software
> > on their machine that discovers their own public IP address and
> > notifies your server of this, which then keeps a record of it for
> > your access.  Also, rather than messing around with port
> > forwarding, etc, you could always go down the "reverse VNC
> > connection" route.
> >
> > Grant.
> >
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> Thank you for your responses,
> 
> Grant; this is exactly the type of thing i need, do you happen to
> know of any scripts that run on windows?

Not off the top of my head, but I remember that there's a suite of
Windows tools that work with Nagios that could possibly be put to use in
your situation as well.

Grant.

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