MY OWN IP ADDRESS ?????

I need a code to know my own IP address. Is this possible ??

This method isn't 100% always acurate...but:

Code:

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'Add a winsock control and a textbox, and add this code
Text1.Text = Winsock1.LocalIP

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Hope that helps,
D!m

Is there any particular reason it isn't 100% effective.
Aside from the fact that you add the overhead of the control to your project, it's slick.

if ur using a router,

it will show an Internal IP:

192.168.*.*

Instead of your External IP:
62.31.*.*

The only "Real" way would be to go to a website, that gets your REAL IP, and then get it from its contents or something :shrugs:

: Such as a PHP's

PHP Code:

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<?php
$remoteadd = GetEnv("Remote_Addr");
echo "$remoteadd";
?>

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U can get the contents from that then,,
But u need a webserver to read it from ETC :@
Would be more "Wise" then the "Winsock1".

But, If their using a Proxy, it will return dat :\

If you are using a router, The IP given by the website would be the address of the router. The IP of the local computer IS 192.168....

Z.

yeh, but im guessing that he mite want his "External" IP ;)

If it is internal IP Address's...

: Looks for Code :

Theres this API:


Call it like:

VB Code:

Module1.Start

In a module Called "Module1"

VB Code:

'Created By Verburgh Peter.
' 07-23-2001
' [email][email protected][/email]
'-------------------------------------
'With this small application , you can detect the IP's installed on your computer,
'including subnet mask , BroadcastAddr..
'
'I've wrote this because i've a programm that uses the winsock control, but,
'if you have multiple ip's  installed on your pc , you could get by using the Listen
' method the wrong ip ...
'Because Winsock.Localip => detects the default ip installed on your PC ,
' and in most of the cases it could be the LAN (nic) not the WAN (nic)
'So then you have to use the Bind function ,to bind to your right ip..
'but how do you know & find that ip ?
'you can find it now by this appl.. it check's in the api.. IP Table..
'******************************************************************
 
 
Const MAX_IP = 6   'To make a buffer... i dont think you have more than 5 ip on your pc..
 
Type IPINFO
     dwAddr As Long   ' IP address
    dwIndex As Long '  interface index
    dwMask As Long ' subnet mask
    dwBCastAddr As Long ' broadcast address
    dwReasmSize  As Long ' assembly size
    unused1 As Integer ' not currently used
    unused2 As Integer '; not currently used
End Type
 
Type MIB_IPADDRTABLE
    dEntrys As Long   'number of entries in the table
    mIPInfo(MAX_IP) As IPINFO  'array of IP address entries
End Type
 
Type IP_Array
    mBuffer As MIB_IPADDRTABLE
    BufferLen As Long
End Type
 
Public Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (Destination As Any, Source As Any, ByVal Length As Long)
Public Declare Function GetIpAddrTable Lib "IPHlpApi" (pIPAdrTable As Byte, pdwSize As Long, ByVal Sort As Long) As Long
Sub main()
frmIPCheck.Show
End Sub
 
'converts a Long  to a string
Public Function ConvertAddressToString(longAddr As Long) As String
    Dim myByte(3) As Byte
    Dim Cnt As Long
    CopyMemory myByte(0), longAddr, 4
    For Cnt = 0 To 3
        ConvertAddressToString = ConvertAddressToString + CStr(myByte(Cnt)) + "."
    Next Cnt
    ConvertAddressToString = Left$(ConvertAddressToString, Len(ConvertAddressToString) - 1)
End Function
 
Public Sub Start()
Dim Ret As Long, Tel As Long
Dim bBytes() As Byte
Dim Listing As MIB_IPADDRTABLE
Dim StaredLine As String
StaredLine = vbCrLf & "**********************************************************"
frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck = ""
 
On Error GoTo END1
    GetIpAddrTable ByVal 0&, Ret, True
 
    If Ret <= 0 Then Exit Sub
    ReDim bBytes(0 To Ret - 1) As Byte
    'retrieve the data
    GetIpAddrTable bBytes(0), Ret, False
      
    'Get the first 4 bytes to get the entry's.. ip installed
    CopyMemory Listing.dEntrys, bBytes(0), 4
         
         frmIPCheck.lblIPsFound = Listing.dEntrys & " IP addresses found on your PC!" & vbCrLf
         
         frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck = StaredLine & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
    For Tel = 0 To Listing.dEntrys - 1
        'Copy whole structure to Listing..
       ' MsgBox bBytes(tel) & "."
        CopyMemory Listing.mIPInfo(Tel), bBytes(4 + (Tel * Len(Listing.mIPInfo(0)))), Len(Listing.mIPInfo(Tel))
         frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck = frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck & "IP address: " & ConvertAddressToString(Listing.mIPInfo(Tel).dwAddr) & vbCrLf
         frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck = frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck & "IP Subnetmask: " & ConvertAddressToString(Listing.mIPInfo(Tel).dwMask) & vbCrLf
         frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck = frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck & "BroadCast IP address: " & ConvertAddressToString(Listing.mIPInfo(Tel).dwBCastAddr) & vbCrLf
         frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck = frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck & StaredLine & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
    Next
 
'MsgBox ConvertAddressToString(Listing.mIPInfo(1).dwAddr)
 
Exit Sub
END1:
MsgBox "ERROR"
End Sub

BTW::

frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck

This needs to be changed to:

MYForm.MyTextBox

Text box needs to be multi lined,,,

Will return 6 IP Addresses//

VB Code:

frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck = frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck & "IP address: " & ConvertAddressToString(Listing.mIPInfo(Tel).dwAddr) & vbCrLf
         frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck = frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck & "IP Subnetmask: " & ConvertAddressToString(Listing.mIPInfo(Tel).dwMask) & vbCrLf
         frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck = frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck & "BroadCast IP address: " & ConvertAddressToString(Listing.mIPInfo(Tel).dwBCastAddr) & vbCrLf

That will return IP | Subnet Mask | Broadcast Address

VB Code:

' Change to this for just IP:
         frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck = frmIPCheck.txtIPCheck & "IP address: " & ConvertAddressToString(Listing.mIPInfo(Tel).dwAddr) & vbCrLf

To add it to a combo box, Change to:

VB Code:

' Change to this for just IP:
         frmIPCheck.MyCombo.AddItem ConvertAddressToString(Listing.mIPInfo(Tel).dwAddr)

Its all really cool, but this only returns LOCAL ADDRESSES. (No WinSock or that needed,

U Can return however many you need too as well :),

VB Code:

Const MAX_IP = 6

Alter this to make it less or more...

:)