Linksys Router & Python

[Josiah Carlson]

Brad Tilley <bradtilley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Probably a stupid question, but here goes:
> 
> Is there any way to get a scaled down version of Python onto a Linksys 
> Wireless router? Are there any projects out there that are doing this? 
> I've googled around a bit, but didn't find much. I want to keep the 
> router's software as it is, but I also would like to have some scripting 
> abilities on it as well (like email the router's IP addy every x hours), 
> etc.

Some linksys routers offer support for dynamic hostnames via no-ip.org
or dyndns.org.  That is, they connect to the dynamic dns server, tell it
"hey, I'm now ip address ...", and within about 5-10 minutes, the rest
of the world knows it.

 - Josiah