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

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

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 you

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 office I would get

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

2002-07-16 Thread César Aracena
/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 idea is not accurate. My ip address (a static

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 browser