Software to log IP to a remote location

[Zxian]

I'm wondering if anyone out there knows of a client/server type software that would automatically log your IP on a remote location.

I'm just thinking about the possibility of having ones laptops stolen, and if you could easily go to your home computer and see where and when the last IP access was, it might help you track down the stolen laptop. There are theifs stupid enough not to wipe the hard drive when they first get the computer, so when they boot the computer and connect to a network, you'd get an entry in your log at home (or on some other remote server).

Edit - After a little bit of digging (and chatting with the infamous jcarle), I've managed to find a solution.

1) Set up an account with www.dyndns.org

2) Download and install the DynDNS updater service and configure it to run as a service. Enter your account credentials as required

3) Configure the program to appear with some random keystroke that you wouldn't typically use (Ctrl+Alt+F12 or something like that) and then hide the tray icon

4) Configure service to send an e-mail to an account of your choice. I'm using my GMail account for easy "anywhere" access, but any e-mail will do. You'll need an SMTP server to use to send the e-mails (another plus for GMail).

You're done! When you're finished, you'll get an e-mail in GMail that looks something like the following:

Update process starts on 07/12/2006 at 23:13:08

IP address: XX.XX.XXX.XX > XX.XX.XXX.XX [automatic]Update Result(s):

Hostname: lappyx86.getmyip.com

Service provider: dyndns.org

Return string: nochg XX.XX.XXX.XX

Intepreted: No changes, update considered abusive

Update process ends on 07/12/2006 at 23:13:10

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DynDNS Updater - Version 3.1.0 (Build 13)

IP and time, stored in a safe location.

[Jeremy]

Nice one, Zxian.

[trickytwista]

hmmm cheers for that man, nice bit of handy info