[mythtv-users] Display ip of of the frontend?

[Alastair Kerr]

Peter Andersson wrote:
> Hi,
> i have just convinced my sister to get a mythtv box (she really hates
> computers). Since she lives in another city i need to have remote access
> to her computer in order to preform updates and such. This is (of course)
> easily done via ssh but since she as a dynamic ip i need a way to get her
> ip address. The easiest way for her to get it would be via the myth
> frontend, is there an (easy) way to display the computers ip address via
> the frontend or does this require changes in the code?
>
> Thanks
>
> /Peter
The easiest solution is to sign up for a free dynamic dns.

This is the site  use:
 http://www.dyndns.com/


and then install a free update client
http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/


-Alastair