How to get IP Address?

Networking and Multiplayer Programming

Started by LHM December 12, 2006 02:26 AM

2 comments, last by hplus0603 17 years, 4 months ago

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Author

December 12, 2006 02:26 AM

Hi, everybody! Can you tell me how to get ip address and subnet mask of my own computer? I need it to send broadcast message... I use Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 and Winsock 2. Thanx :)

michaweyel

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December 12, 2006 02:38 AM

I think the getaddrinfo function is what you are looking for. You can look it up on MSDN. I'm not sure if it can give you the subnet mask, though...

LHM

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Author

December 12, 2006 02:48 AM

Ok.

Thanx for your reply!

:)

hplus0603

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December 12, 2006 12:55 PM

The Forum FAQ talks about how to get your local address -- and why it's a bad idea.

To send a broadcast message, you can send it to 255.255.255.255, and it will still be filtered to the local subnet.

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