From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,798dee61a5d4581e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-12 16:14:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!blackbush.xlink.net!blackbush.de.kpnqwest.net!news.erfurt.thur.de!drcomp.erfurt.thur.de!not-for-mail From: Adrian Knoth Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: DNS or IP ident Date: 12 Mar 2002 23:59:56 GMT Organization: Modern Electronics Message-ID: References: <3C8E7D33.7988C01E@despammed.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: drcomp.erfurt.thur.de X-Server-Date: 12 Mar 2002 23:59:56 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21138 Date: 2002-03-12T23:59:56+00:00 List-Id: Wes Groleau wrote: > Looking for apps for Windows XP and Mac OS X > that when double-clicked, will display the Symbolic link (how is it called in m$-term?) to winipcfg. The current IP is shown. I don't know whether this tool is still in XP, in 9x it is. > This is for a first-time computer user on > dialup DHCP to receive services from a tech > support person. Other approach: let the user visit a website. This could be done by an icon on the desktop. Let this website be user-specific. Take a look at your server-log and this is the IP. Other stupid approach: guide the user to http://adi.thur.de, hope he's not using a proxy and let him tell you the IP shown at the bottom :) Way #2342: Write your own crippled client-server-app. It is nothing more than opening a socket and the server should tell you the remote IP. > Tech support can push assistance to the client, Ask for physical address, I guess this would be faster :) (knowing those ugly remote-telephone-support-talks) BTW: What's wrong with dyndns? I'm also using it but there is nothing like spam. Do you need to register with a valid email-address? Does it have to be a human address? Ask your local sendmail-admin to provide trash@yourdomain.com as a direct link to /dev/null. -- mail: adi@thur.de http://adi.thur.de PGP: v2-key via keyserver Was passiert wenn ich... #%(!%#%#@@%$#*^@(@#$!#*$NO CARRIER