I don't know what's wrong with your code. If the server was writen by yourself? If so, you can send a request to ask it to tell your IP. I think it's the easeat way to do.
Jason "Dinesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > How do i get the local ip address of palm when it is connected thru dialup? > I tried with gethostname and gethostbyname routines. But both fails. > > char* get_ipaddr(char* HostnameOrAddr) > { > char* ipAddr; > struct in_addr *addr; > struct in_addr inaddr; > struct hostent *hp; > inaddr.s_addr = inet_addr(HostnameOrAddr); > if (inaddr.s_addr == INADDR_NONE) > { > // Not an IP address string, assume it is a name > hp = gethostbyname(HostnameOrAddr); > } > else > { > // It was a valid IP address string > hp = gethostbyaddr((const char *)&inaddr, > sizeof(struct in_addr), AF_INET); > } > if (hp != NULL) > { > if (hp->h_addr_list[0] != 0) > addr = (struct in_addr *) (hp->h_addr_list[0]); > else > if (hp->h_addr_list[1] != 0) > addr = (struct in_addr *) (hp->h_addr_list[1]); > else > if (hp->h_addr_list[2] != 0) > addr = (struct in_addr *) (hp->h_addr_list[2]); > else > if (hp->h_addr_list[3] != 0) > addr = (struct in_addr *) (hp->h_addr_list[3]); > else > printf("Can't assign IP Address"); > strcpy(ipAddr, inet_ntoa(*addr)); > } > else > { > ipAddr = NULL; > } > > return ipAddr; > > } > > Thanks in Advance. > > -- > Dinesh > > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
