Determining IP addr via script?

[Andrew Mathews]

Michael Hipp wrote:
> I have a Linux box behind a LinkSys NAT router that gets a public address 
> from DSL on the WAN side. I'm wanting to be able from the Linux box to 
> determine what addr has been assigned by SWBell to the LinkSys box.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
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Why not just have it send a blank message from cron and look at the 
header of the message to determine the source ip? If it's natted, the 
router will be the source ip.
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Andrew Mathews
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