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Get my machine IP adress

Hi!
I have developing a client-server application.
When a client request a connection, it must send a password and the client-machine IP-adress (the adress will
be memorate in a database).
How can I obtain in run-time the machine IP adress, where
the application is running?

Tibi

visualc

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butsy

This code will get the host name and the IP address for the computer on wich code is run. This works on VisualC++ 5SP1/2 on NT4 and 95 (98 too)
Requirements:
#include <ltwinsock2.h>

Link with Winsoc32.lib

That is it:
{
WORD wVersionRequested;
WSADATA wsaData;
char name[255];
CString ip;
PHOSTENT hostinfo;
wVersionRequested = MAKEWORD( 2, 0 );

if ( 0==WSAStartup( wVersionRequested, &wsaData ) )
{

if( 0 == gethostname ( name, sizeof(name)))
{
if((hostinfo = gethostbyname(name)) != NULL)
{
ip = inet_ntoa (*(struct in_addr *)*hostinfo->h_addr_list);
}
}

WSACleanup( );
}
}