server's IP ( static )

[proff.hacker]

I made a client/server app and it works perfectly but the server's IP (my machine's IP) differs from time to time also the client side may not connect to the server side if i am not connected to the internet.
I am not affined by the Internet always.
Is it possible to consider a webpage as a server?
any idea??

[AutoBot]

If you have a broadband connection I would simply force my dynamic ip address to be static. Another option would be to use a service like dynip or some other ip forwarding service.

[sunnyl]

I've been working on a little something that downloads in IP from a webpage. The page is updated by the person running the server and the clients download the data on that page connect using the IP on that page.

[proff.hacker]

could anyone give me a small example for that

[DaoK]

This is a way to do it:

'Put that in the form load or in a button
DownloadFile "http://mywebpage.com/ip.txt", "C:\ip.txt"
Open "C:\ip.txt" For Input As #1
    myIp = Input(LOF(1), 1)
Close #1
 
'This is the Function
Private Function DownloadFile(URL As String, _
    LocalFilename As String) As Boolean
    Dim lngRetVal As Long
    lngRetVal = URLDownloadToFile(0, URL, LocalFilename, 0, 0)
    If lngRetVal = 0 Then DownloadFile = True
End Function