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TCP/IP: Determine IP# for PPP interface on WIN32

The following code will provide you with the IP# on the primary Ethernet Card in Win95. However, it won't let you find out your current PPP IP#.

Extra Special points for anyone who can tell me how to find ALL IP#'s on the machine (ex. 2 PPP connects + 2 ethernet cards) - using PERL not winipcfg :-)

Thanks,
Timothy

use Sys::Hostname;
print "start of an IP Poster in PERL\n";
print join '.', unpack 'C4', gethostbyname hostname;
print "\n" . hostname;

ijduggan

Is it possible for you to just parse the output of the netstat program?

"netstat -n" returns data on current connections. You could try something like:

my %connections;
open(NETSTAT, "netstat -n |");
while(<NETSTAT>) {

process netstat data

}

Does netstat provide you with enough information to do what you want?

tcolson

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IJDUGGAN wrote:
>Does netstat provide you with enough information
>to do what you want?
Unfortunately no - Netstat provides you with currently active connections on specific ports. So, for example, right now I'm connected to my ISP...and every 5 minutes my email client polls for mail -> during this time:
C:\WINDOWS>netstat
Active Connections
Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP homebrew:1045 popserver.somewhere.com:pop3 TIME_WAIT

However, after this connection has closed:
C:\WINDOWS>netstat
Active Connections
Proto Local Address Foreign Address State

-> No data. But I am still connected to my ISP...so there must be another way to find the IP#.

Perhaps the answer lies in finding out where WINIPCFG gets its information from??? This stuff must be in the registry somewhere, eh?

Thanks,
TLC

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