Re: [PHP] Crazy idea about detecting visitor's connection speed

2002-07-16 Thread Jason Wong
On Tuesday 16 July 2002 22:43, César Aracena wrote: > I think that the best way you can achieve this, considering all the > troubles and different configurations you will have to make for each > user, is to make them choose the type of connection they want, and set a > cookie in the visitor's brow

RE: [PHP] Crazy idea about detecting visitor's connection speed

2002-07-16 Thread César Aracena
chine/visitor's connection. C. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 7:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Crazy idea about detecting visitor's connection speed > > > I feel the

Re: [PHP] Crazy idea about detecting visitor's connection speed

2002-07-16 Thread Alberto Serra
ðÒÉ×ÅÔ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>I feel the idea is not accurate. My ip address (a static one from my >>isp) would remain the same if I went to ADSL from my current >>dial-up access. >> >>HTH >>Chris > > > Yes. And how about all corporate networks? If I'm accessing your site from > our offi

RE: [PHP] Crazy idea about detecting visitor's connection speed

2002-07-16 Thread joakim . andersson
> I feel the idea is not accurate. My ip address (a static one from my > isp) would remain the same if I went to ADSL from my current > dial-up access. > > HTH > Chris Yes. And how about all corporate networks? If I'm accessing your site from our office I would get the low-speed version until

Re: [PHP] Crazy idea about detecting visitor's connection speed

2002-07-16 Thread Chris Hewitt
Jason Wong wrote: >On Tuesday 16 July 2002 17:12, Cedric Veilleux wrote: > >> What I was thinking about is doing a reverse dns lookup on the client's IP >>and try to determine quickly if he's on a low or hi speed connection. >> > >You have to bear in mind that reverse DNS lookups are not in

Re: [PHP] Crazy idea about detecting visitor's connection speed

2002-07-16 Thread Jason Wong
On Tuesday 16 July 2002 17:12, Cedric Veilleux wrote: > What I was thinking about is doing a reverse dns lookup on the client's IP > and try to determine quickly if he's on a low or hi speed connection. You have to bear in mind that reverse DNS lookups are not instantaneous. It can take

[PHP] Crazy idea about detecting visitor's connection speed

2002-07-16 Thread Cedric Veilleux
Hey, Anybody has ideas on how to detect the connection speed of visitors in order to automatically take them to the Hi-speed or low-speed version of a site? We want to make a hi and low speed side, but I would prefer not to confuse visitors with a page where they have to choose