On Mar 26, 2004, at 1:59 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> And what is the reliable way to obtain the local IP address?
On OS X (or probably any other *nix), try...
get shell ("ipconfig getifaddr en0")
... note... "en0" for ethernet address, en1 for Airport. At least on
this old iMac, and probably for most systems,
Your mileage may vary.
Jim.