Send email with ip address (obtain through PPPoE)
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Hello everyone,
Is there a way to configure pfsense to send me an email (every 12 hours for instance) telling me what is my current IP (PPPoE obtained)?
Thanks for your help
Regards,
Fred
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Why not use the Dynamic DNS feature to update a hostname (from the likes of dyndns.org) when your IP changes?
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Thank you for such a prompt answer Cry Havok.
I thought of this but here's the problem:PC ===> pfSense ===> VPN server ===> Internet
Every outgoing connection goes through the vpn server so when ddclient/ez-ipupdate make there request to find out my ip they always get the VPN server ip, not the one assign from my ISP.
There is a possiblity to configure the ddclient.conf file to get the IP address from the status page provided by the router. So I'm also trying that;
something like this for instance:use=linksys, fw=linksys, fw-login=admin, fw-password=admin
By the way I need to know my IP to make use of remote softwares (VNC…)
Regards,
Fred
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There is a possiblity to configure the ddclient.conf file to get the IP address from the status page provided by ….
You're nearly there ;)
It can be configured so it gets your WAN IP from a page like http://www.vinch.be/tools/myip/ (www.dyndns.com offer even a better one).
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Yes, but http://www.vinch.be/tools/myip/ or equivalent will show my WAN IP which is the VPN IP not my ISP ip ;D
There is a possiblity to configure the ddclient.conf file to get the IP address from the status page provided by the router
… meaning getting with the help of ddclient my (ISP) IP through pfSense.
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Does your PPoE device support DynDNS?
I've had success with custom DDClient config entries before. It just takes a little tuning to get it right.
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Sweet, Dynamic dns works.
Thank you all for your input.Regards,
Fred