Public ip address

[Andre Garzia]

On Jul 26, 2004, at 5:42 PM, Roger Amar wrote:

> Owing to the fact that our customers use routers, in more from various 
> manufacturers and that they are working on different platforms (MacOS 
> 9, MacOS X and Windows), the only simple and reliable solution that I 
> found at this time is to import the Web page of whatismyip.com and to 
> extract the IP address.

Roger,

I can give you a five lines CGI and a parse routine for your script if 
you want... just don't use www.whatismyip.com please! their homepage 
can go offline and then what, your app is rendered useless. If you 
going to make a CGI connection to probe for IP, let it be hosted by 
you. It's more elegant, safe and error proof. there are tons of people 
here that can send you this code, it's pretty easy. Just don't relly on 
third-party home pages, if they go offline, change design, or timeout, 
you'll be a sitting duck...

andre




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