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UDP Boradcast source IP address (1 liner easy if you know it!)

I am currently working on my app's socket security...
In a couple of servers I listen for UDP broadcasts to do a few different thingies... but I need to verify the source of the broadcast before acting on it.

WinBroadcast is the winsock control I am using...
I put a line where the comment in the code below is that read...

msgbox WinBroadcast.RemoteHost & vbcrlf & _
 WinBroadcast.RemoteHostIP, vbInformation

but these properties all came back as "" (null)
How can I tell the IP address of the broadcaster??

Thanks guys n gals....



Private Sub WinBroadcast_DataArrival(ByVal bytesTotal As Long)
 Dim thestr As String
 '
 ' Need code here to determine the source IP
 '
 WinBroadcast.GetData thestr
 Select Case thestr
    Case "Terminate"
         Unload Me
         End
    Case "Show"
         Me.Show
 End Select
End Sub
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Clear enought, i think.
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damb! do you know I had this line the WRONG side of the getdata and took it out!!

If WinBroadcast.RemoteHostIP <> "127.0.0.1" Then Exit Sub

You were close. I ran into that once and noticed that the RemoteHost/IP properties were filled in *after* I got the data. It really had me running in circles for a while.

Glad to have helped, and that it was a simple solution for you.

Take care,

Dennis Borg