Quote:But i can't work out how to get the ip thanks
char hostname[50]; gethostname(hostname,50);
How to get local ip address in string form?
Hi, in wondering how to get he local ip address. I was able to get the computer name like so:
Sigh, you people really need to look a bit before you go asking around.
From the MS knowledge base:
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#include <windows.h> #include <winsock.h> #include <stdio.h> void main() { WSADATA wsaData; char szHostname[100]; HOSTENT *pHostEnt; int nAdapter = 0; struct sockaddr_in sAddr; if (WSAStartup(0x0101, &wsaData)) { printf("WSAStartup failed %s\n", WSAGetLastError()); return; } gethostname( szHostname, sizeof( szHostname )); pHostEnt = gethostbyname( szHostname ); while ( pHostEnt->h_addr_list[nAdapter] ) { // pHostEnt->h_addr_list[nAdapter] is the current address in host // order. // Copy the address information from the pHostEnt to a sockaddr_in // structure. memcpy ( &sAddr.sin_addr.s_addr, pHostEnt->h_addr_list[nAdapter], pHostEnt->h_length); // Output the machines IP Address. printf("Name: %s\nAddress: %s\n", pHostEnt->h_name, inet_ntoa(sAddr.sin_addr)); nAdapter++; } WSACleanup(); return; }
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