Executing script by ip address

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hello,

I would like to create a script that executes an Applescript when a specific static ip address is detected on the network. Is this possible, and how would I go about doing this. I apologize, but I am fairly new to Applescript.

Thank you in advance for your help,

googleman76

#2

Good luck with that. Your Mac doesn’t know who else is on the LAN, your router does and it is probably not scriptable. Since you know the address you want to detect, you should use a "do shell script … " construction to ping it (see man “ping” on a repeating basis. One way to do this is with a stay-open “on idle” script:

on idle
-- check if the machine is running and answering pings
set Png to ""
set add to "10.0.1.4"
try
	-- this takes a while if the machine is down
	set Png to do shell script "ping -c 1 " & add
	if Png contains "1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received" then
		display dialog "Bingo" -- do your thing here
	end if
end try
	return 5 * minutes -- the repeat timing
end idle

This must be saved as a stay open script. When running, it will appear in the dock. Quit it from the dock.

#3

Thanks, I’ll try it, I really appreciate it