Thread: Step by step guide to use VNC viewer.
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-01-28 , 09:40
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Originally Posted by Uprock415 View Post
Sorry to bump an old thread, but is there a way to ping a host via n900? I understand that my IP address is dynamic, so being able to ping on the road through my phone would be awesome.

I got it to work within my network, and outside, like a charm, but its the IP address changing that I want to figure out when I'm away from home and all I have is my phone.

Thanks in advance you guys!
You can use ping from X terminal (as root) if that's what you're after. If you're worried about IP address changes, it sounds more like you should be looking into a dynamic DNS provider (e.g. dyndns.com).