Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1480 mails)

[Tejas Guruswamy <masterpatricko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/03/10 10:57, Paul Korossy wrote:
> Hi Listmates,
>
> I'd like to perform an ssh-based network installation on a remote machine 
> using OpenSUSE net install CD. The remote machine is behind a DSL-router that 
> gets dynamic public IP address from the internet provider. 
> My problem is that I cannot connect to it from my local machine without 
> knowing the public IP address of the router because the remote machine has a 
> private IP address. 
> Is it possible to find out the public IP address of the DSL router  on the 
> other side after starting the installation program from the CD?
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>   
Some ideas I had, usefulness not guaranteed ...

Does the router in front of the remote machine have a Dynamic DNS
service function - where it automatically sends its current public ip
(to dyndns.org or similar)? I know many modern Linksys / Netgear ones
have this, dunno about other brands.

An alternative is to have a working machine behind the router that sends
an email to you with the current public IP. There are scripts that can
fetch your public IP. But if the only machine behind the router is just
having the OS installed, maybe this isn't an option ... but maybe the
router has an option to email logs?

Regards,
Tejas
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