Re: DNS or IP ident

[Adrian Knoth <adi@drcomp.erfurt.thur.de>]

Wes Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com> wrote:

> Looking for apps for Windows XP and Mac OS X
> that when double-clicked, will display the

Symbolic link (how is it called in m$-term?) to winipcfg. The current
IP is shown. I don't know whether this tool is still in XP, in 9x it is.

> This is for a first-time computer user on
> dialup DHCP to receive services from a tech
> support person.

Other approach: let the user visit a website. This could be done by
an icon on the desktop. Let this website be user-specific. Take a
look at your server-log and this is the IP.

Other stupid approach: guide the user to http://adi.thur.de, hope he's
not using a proxy and let him tell you the IP shown at the bottom :)

Way #2342: Write your own crippled client-server-app. It is nothing
more than opening a socket and the server should tell you the remote IP.

> Tech support can push assistance to the client,

Ask for physical address, I guess this would be faster :) (knowing those
ugly remote-telephone-support-talks)

BTW: What's wrong with dyndns? I'm also using it but there is nothing
like spam. Do you need to register with a valid email-address? Does
it have to be a human address? Ask your local sendmail-admin to
provide trash@yourdomain.com as a direct link to /dev/null.


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