Adam, Thanks for the suggestion. You are exactly right about the anonymous client login. However, we don't just have anonymous users. Here is the goal: We have two types of clients: one from a unique touch-screen panel mounted on the wall that stays in a fixed location. Since there is no keyboard available, the server would automatically let the browser from the touch-screen host log in. The other type of client is any regular browser that come form any where. The server will require this type of user to enter user name and password. So far, we can only think of using the IP to identilfy the touch-screen host from the rest. Since the client is written in FLASH and can't get the client IP to the server, we thought about let the backend auto detect the client IP and let the user login without a password. But our backend uses axis/tomcat. Do you know a way that the axis web service can get the client IP?
I am so stuck! Can't believe a simple thing like that can be so hard. Any help is very appreciated! Lan --- In [email protected], "Adam Royle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > AFAIK you can't get the client ip address using flash/flex/javascript. Apparently you can get it using a Java Applet... but I would ask why you need their ip address. > > Are you trying to use ip address to identify an anonymous client session without having the user login? The way I did this was to create a random UUID and pass that through querystring with my calls to the server. I would then create a database session based on this UUID. Something like this.... > > > import mx.utils.UIDUtil; > > public var gateway:RemotingConnection; > > public function init():void > { > var uid:String = UIDUtil.createUID(); > var url:String = "http://myurl.com/gateway.php?uid="+uid; > gateway = new RemotingConnection( url ); > } > > > Hope that helps. If not, have a great Easter! > > Adam > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: lanlin998 > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 11:35 PM > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Client IP Address > > > --- In [email protected], Bhuvan Gupta <eaiesb@> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I want to send client's (browser's) IP address to the backend. > > As I understand, Flex doesn't provide support to fetch the client > IP > > Address. > > What is the best and browser independent way to send client IP to > the > > backend ? > > > > Thanks > > > Hi, have you found the solution yet? I am in a similar situation. I > need to find out the host name of the client machine so I can send > different WebService calls to the server. > > Thanks >
