IP address

[pollier]

How do you find out what the user's current IP address is?

[Mark Sreeves]

like this:


<%@ Language=VBScript%>

<%
dim ip

ip = Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR")

Response.Write(ip)
%>

here it is in action:

http://www6.ewebcity.com/coolsite/ip.asp

[pollier]

Thanks, but I meant in Visual Basic (not ASP)

[Clunietp]

You could use the Winsock control to get the IP. If you don't like that, you can use this code:

I got this from somewhere a while ago:


'Make a new project. Add a module. To the form add a command button and two text boxes.

'Code:
'Add this code to the module:

Option Explicit

Public Const MAX_WSADescription = 256
Public Const MAX_WSASYSStatus = 128
Public Const ERROR_SUCCESS As Long = 0
Public Const WS_VERSION_REQD As Long = &H101
Public Const WS_VERSION_MAJOR As Long = WS_VERSION_REQD \ &H100 And &HFF&
Public Const WS_VERSION_MINOR As Long = WS_VERSION_REQD And &HFF&
Public Const MIN_SOCKETS_REQD As Long = 1
Public Const SOCKET_ERROR As Long = -1

Public Type HOSTENT
hName As Long
hAliases As Long
hAddrType As Integer
hLen As Integer
hAddrList As Long
End Type

Public Type WSADATA
wVersion As Integer
wHighVersion As Integer
szDescription(0 To MAX_WSADescription) As Byte
szSystemStatus(0 To MAX_WSASYSStatus) As Byte
wMaxSockets As Integer
wMaxUDPDG As Integer
dwVendorInfo As Long
End Type

Public Declare Function WSAGetLastError Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long

Public Declare Function WSAStartup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
(ByVal wVersionRequired As Long, lpWSADATA As WSADATA) As Long

Public Declare Function WSACleanup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long

Public Declare Function gethostname Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
(ByVal szHost As String, ByVal dwHostLen As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function gethostbyname Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
(ByVal szHost As String) As Long

Public Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
(hpvDest As Any, ByVal hpvSource As Long, ByVal cbCopy As Long)

Public Function GetIPAddress() As String

Dim sHostName As String * 256
Dim lpHost As Long
Dim HOST As HOSTENT
Dim dwIPAddr As Long
Dim tmpIPAddr() As Byte
Dim i As Integer
Dim sIPAddr As String

If Not SocketsInitialize() Then
GetIPAddress = ""
Exit Function
End If

If gethostname(sHostName, 256) = SOCKET_ERROR Then
GetIPAddress = ""
MsgBox "Windows Sockets error " & Str$(WSAGetLastError()) & _
" has occurred. Unable to successfully get Host Name."
SocketsCleanup
Exit Function
End If

sHostName = Trim$(sHostName)
lpHost = gethostbyname(sHostName)

If lpHost = 0 Then
GetIPAddress = ""
MsgBox "Windows Sockets are not responding. " & _
"Unable to successfully get Host Name."
SocketsCleanup
Exit Function
End If

CopyMemory HOST, lpHost, Len(HOST)
CopyMemory dwIPAddr, HOST.hAddrList, 4

ReDim tmpIPAddr(1 To HOST.hLen)
CopyMemory tmpIPAddr(1), dwIPAddr, HOST.hLen

For i = 1 To HOST.hLen
sIPAddr = sIPAddr & tmpIPAddr(i) & "."
Next

GetIPAddress = Mid$(sIPAddr, 1, Len(sIPAddr) - 1)

SocketsCleanup

End Function

Public Function GetIPHostName() As String

Dim sHostName As String * 256

If Not SocketsInitialize() Then
GetIPHostName = ""
Exit Function
End If

If gethostname(sHostName, 256) = SOCKET_ERROR Then
GetIPHostName = ""
MsgBox "Windows Sockets error " & Str$(WSAGetLastError()) & _
" has occurred. Unable to successfully get Host Name."
SocketsCleanup
Exit Function
End If

GetIPHostName = Left$(sHostName, InStr(sHostName, Chr(0)) - 1)
SocketsCleanup

End Function


Public Function HiByte(ByVal wParam As Integer)

HiByte = wParam \ &H100 And &HFF&

End Function

Public Function LoByte(ByVal wParam As Integer)

LoByte = wParam And &HFF&

End Function

Public Sub SocketsCleanup()

If WSACleanup() <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then
MsgBox "Socket error occurred in Cleanup."
End If

End Sub

Public Function SocketsInitialize() As Boolean

Dim WSAD As WSADATA
Dim sLoByte As String
Dim sHiByte As String

If WSAStartup(WS_VERSION_REQD, WSAD) <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then
MsgBox "The 32-bit Windows Socket is not responding."
SocketsInitialize = False
Exit Function
End If


If WSAD.wMaxSockets < MIN_SOCKETS_REQD Then
MsgBox "This application requires a minimum of " & _
CStr(MIN_SOCKETS_REQD) & " supported sockets."

SocketsInitialize = False
Exit Function
End If


If LoByte(WSAD.wVersion) < WS_VERSION_MAJOR Or _
(LoByte(WSAD.wVersion) = WS_VERSION_MAJOR And _
HiByte(WSAD.wVersion) < WS_VERSION_MINOR) Then

sHiByte = CStr(HiByte(WSAD.wVersion))
sLoByte = CStr(LoByte(WSAD.wVersion))

MsgBox "Sockets version " & sLoByte & "." & sHiByte & _
" is not supported by 32-bit Windows Sockets."

SocketsInitialize = False
Exit Function

End If


'must be OK, so lets do it
SocketsInitialize = True

End Function

'Add this code to the form's General Declarations procedure:

Option Explicit

'Add this code to the command button:

Private Sub cmdGetMachineID_Click()
Text1 = GetIPHostName()
Text2 = GetIPAddress()
End Sub