IP Poster for
Linksys(tm)
Router Help Page
How to use
The IP Poster will automatically check the
IP address that your ISP's DHCP server has assigned to your
Linksys (tm)
Router and post the results to the site
of your choice using FTP. To use it do the following:
- Run the program, this will initialize
the registry entries to their defaults.
- Enter your Linksys username (usually
blank) and password (default is "admin").
- Enter the frequency with which you wish
to check the IP address for change in seconds.
- Enter the FTP site address you wish to
post to.
- Enter you username and password for the
FTP site.
- Enter the name of the file you wish to
create on the FTP site.
- Enter the port number (usually 21) for
the FTP site.
- Enter the target directory on the FTP
server where the file should reside.
- Enter or browse for the template file
(see below for template file format).
- If you press the "Get & Post" button
the system will check the current IP address and update the page
if it has changed.
- If you press the "Force" button the
system will check the current IP address and update the page even
if it has not changed.
- To begin automatic operation check the
"Auto" box.
The template file is an HTML file with in which you place the
string "%%IP%%" without the quotes wherever you wish the current IP
address to appear. Here is an example:
<HTML>
<!--Sample template file for the LinkSys IP Poster-->
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Template</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF">
<P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>The address is now
%%IP%%</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Go there by clicking
</B></FONT>
<A HREF="http://%%IP%%"><FONT
SIZE="+1"><B>HERE</B></FONT></A></P>
</BODY>
</HTML>