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DrDave1958 · November 14th, 2003, 05:21 PM

I have a DSL modem > Linksys router > PC. What I think I want to do (feel free to suggest alternatives) is write a VB program to retrieve my dynamic IP address (WAN), (which my ISP feels the need to change every couple of days), then email it in a text file or something equivalent. I have (some) experience writing VB code, but I'm not advanced by any means.

Maybe there's some software available to grab the IP?

I remote in to my home PC from work occaisionally and of course I can't when the IP has changed without trying 255 different IP addresses (The first three sets are always the same, e.g. xxx.xxx.xxx.1-255).

Thanks for any ideas,
-Dave-

November 14th, 2003, 05:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
DrDave1958 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In the middle.... Posts: 161	Can VB retrieve my dynamic IP from my Linksys router? I have a DSL modem > Linksys router > PC. What I think I want to do (feel free to suggest alternatives) is write a VB program to retrieve my dynamic IP address (WAN), (which my ISP feels the need to change every couple of days), then email it in a text file or something equivalent. I have (some) experience writing VB code, but I'm not advanced by any means. Maybe there's some software available to grab the IP? I remote in to my home PC from work occaisionally and of course I can't when the IP has changed without trying 255 different IP addresses (The first three sets are always the same, e.g. xxx.xxx.xxx.1-255). Thanks for any ideas, -Dave-