Hidden feature: detectip
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Ok guys,
I know.. I’ve been away for a while and everybody is waiting for the Peter’s super-secret-feature but..
[suspense]
..I can’t.. it’s too big..
..your minds are not ready for that.. so keep on waiting.. lol 
Anyway don’t be sad because today I’m telling you a small but useful hidden feature!
detectip
It’s a very simple shell command which shows the external ip address of your main uplink.
usage
Just type the command on the console and you’ll get the external ip!
root@endian:~ # detectip 74.125.77.104
how it works
It’s really easy, it automatically does what every sys admin does when wants to find out the real ip address: he goes on www.your-ip-or-something-like-that.com
The script retrieves the http://checkip.dyndns.org page and extracts the ip address.
Nothing else, but it’s cool when you are remotely connected through Endian Network.
That’s all for me, I hope you liked this feature, I do.
Stay tuned for more features and of course the super-secret-one
Have fun with Endian!
Luca
Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 21:31
Hi Guys,
Hope u all r doin fine.
m new to this Endian community & have just tryed installing & config the EFW2.2 & able to config almost all but stuck in between in routing the outgoing calls, m using Vonage on my LAN & i want to allow vonage through EFW, what rules should i define along with the port number, pls need Ur help to complete the installation procedure sucessfully.
Thanks in advance.
Shyam M.
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 20:08
Hi Shyam,
this is not the best place to ask support, you may find answers on our mailing list.
Have a look at this page: get-help