Those of you who use Raspberry Pi computers in a display-free headless mode will know that you need to know the IP address of the RPi on the network before you can tap int with your SSH client. There are methods of probing the network to find out the IP address, however a fascinating solution has been documented by the folks from Interlock Hackerspace in Rochester, New York.
Their method uses a combination of software including a script to run on the Pi at startup to determine its IP address, then pass this to text-to-speech software. And by leaving a pair of inexpensive earphones plugged into the audio socket, you can simply listen for the IP soon after the Pi has booted up. Genius.
To learn how it's done, check out the interesting Interlock website. And for more, we're on facebook, twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well.
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