Re: [LUG] Tracking IP addresses

[Daniel Robinson <manipula@xxxxxxxxx>]

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. ÂRather 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. ÂAlso, 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?
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