Raspberry-Pi-Send-Ip-Address

The code in this repository can be used to make your Raspberry Pi computer send its ip address(es) to you in email whenever it changes. This is very useful if your Pi is used on multiple networks uitilizing DHCP. The code is based on work done by Todd Lawall.

##Installation

• Make sure that if you are using a wireless network that it is already present in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. An example of this file is included in this repo.
• Copy the Python script send_ip_address.py to your favorite execution directory. I use /usr/local/bin
• Edit your /etc/networks/interfaces to look like the interfaces file that in this repository. If your binary is in /usr/local/bin you can use the file in this repo.

##Configuration If you are lucky and have your own domain with a SMPT server and the ISP hosting the networks of your Raspberry Pi's does not block outbound traffic on port 25 (like many of them do) you can edit the variables in send_ip_address.py to point to your email server and set your username and password to what that account is set up for. If on the other hand you do not have your own domain or your ISP is evil there is the option of using a regular gmail account. You can either use an existing account you have or create a new one.

###Gmail credentials You can use an existing gmail address and password, but if you are security concious you should use two factor authentication on your Google account. If you use two factor authentication you can set up application specific password for your account that does not require the second factor, and has limited privileges. To set this up simply go to Google MyAccount and select Account Permissions in the Connected apps and services section. On that page select Manage app passwords at the bottom of that page. On the App passwords page select Mail and Other device as you generate the password. The generated password is the one you specify together with the gmail.com account in send_ip_address.py.

###This is a new version