[RESOLVED] Winsock: Getting IP of the client attempting to connect

[Lozzenger]

Sorry if this has been asked before but i can't seem to find it on here

I was just wondering whether it was possible to detect the ip of the client attempting to connect to you before you accept the connection, i'm looking for a way of implementing an ip blocker

The only parameter i get when a remote client attempts to connect is the requestID. Is there a Winsock API function that can use this to get the ip of the remote client?

[CVMichael]

Something like this:

Private Sub Winsock1_ConnectionRequest(ByVal requestID As Long)
    Dim IsBlocked As Boolean
    
    ' test to see if remote user is blocked
    
    IsBlocked = Winsock1.RemoteHostIP = "23.34.56.77"
    IsBlocked = Winsock1.RemoteHostIP = "127.0.0.1"
    
    If Not IsBlocked Then
        ' Accept the connection
        Winsock1.Accept requestID
    End If
End Sub

Please not that I did not write code to create a new socket and connect to that one. If you don't know how to do that, I can write code for that too.

[Lozzenger]

Oh right

So your saying that the RemoteHostIP property contains the address of the remote host before you accept the connection

If that's the case then that's what i was looking for

[DigiRev]

I always thought it didn't contain the RemoteHostIP until it was connected.

But I tested it and it works. Now to re-write my IP ban code.