public ip address

First off, let me say I am new to vb. I may have done a bad thing and also
posted this in vb.general, but I have both vb6 and vb.net and don't know
which one I am going to continue to use.

I am wondering if anyone out there knows how to get my public ip address
from my router. What I want to do, is make an application that can be put in
the task scheduler and run every 30 minutes or so, that will check the public
ip address of my router, compare that with the previous address, and if they
are different email the new address.

Any help would be appreciated,

Keith

Keith,

Do you find your question really a newsgroup question. It sounds for me
knowledge specially needed for hackers. It can not be the purpose for a
newsgroup like this to help them. Even that you need it probably for a legal
situation.

Just showing my idea about this to others.

Cor

Hi,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

Ken
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"krollenhagen" <vb@rollenhagen.us.NOSPAM> wrote in message
news:94EB9A5F-3744-4425-96DB-AAF29BB94B36@microsoft.com...
First off, let me say I am new to vb. I may have done a bad thing and also
posted this in vb.general, but I have both vb6 and vb.net and don't know
which one I am going to continue to use.

I am wondering if anyone out there knows how to get my public ip address
from my router. What I want to do, is make an application that can be put
in
the task scheduler and run every 30 minutes or so, that will check the
public
ip address of my router, compare that with the previous address, and if they
are different email the new address.

Any help would be appreciated,

Keith

"Cor Ligthert" <notmyfirstname@planet.nl> wrote in message news:O7bT6g2WFHA.3540@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Keith,
>
> Do you find your question really a newsgroup question. It sounds for me
> knowledge specially needed for hackers. It can not be the purpose for a
> newsgroup like this to help them. Even that you need it probably for a legal
> situation.
>
> Just showing my idea about this to others.
>
> Cor
>
>[/color]


cor,

I can think of several uses for such a thing that are in no way related to hacking. Fir instance, I have a web based organizer
(calendar and address book) that I host on my PC. My Public IP address is not static. When it changes, It would be nice to know so
that I can access the organizer from work. Sensing the change and sending an email would seem reasonable and appropriate.

--
Al Reid

Cor,

I agree with Al. I setup an FTP server on my home machine that I access when
I travel. If, for whatever reason, that machine loses it's connection, a new
IP address is assigned by the ISP from the DHCP pool. This doesn't happen
often, but when it does, I have to call someone to give me the new IP
address.

Keith, if you come up with a solution, please let us know. This would be a
nice little tool to have.

Regards,
Lee

"Cor Ligthert" <notmyfirstname@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:O7bT6g2WFHA.3540@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Keith,
>
> Do you find your question really a newsgroup question. It sounds for me
> knowledge specially needed for hackers. It can not be the purpose for a
> newsgroup like this to help them. Even that you need it probably for a
> legal situation.
>
> Just showing my idea about this to others.
>
> Cor
>[/color]

Why not setup an account with a dynamic naming service (like DynDNS.org
or No-IP.com) to map a fully qualified domain name to the IP?

__________________________________________________ ___________
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lgbjr wrote, On 05/18/2005 20:39:[color=blue]
> Cor,
>
> I agree with Al. I setup an FTP server on my home machine that I access when
> I travel. If, for whatever reason, that machine loses it's connection, a new
> IP address is assigned by the ISP from the DHCP pool. This doesn't happen
> often, but when it does, I have to call someone to give me the new IP
> address.
>
> Keith, if you come up with a solution, please let us know. This would be a
> nice little tool to have.
>
> Regards,
> Lee
>
> "Cor Ligthert" <notmyfirstname@planet.nl> wrote in message
> news:O7bT6g2WFHA.3540@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>[color=green]
>>Keith,
>>
>>Do you find your question really a newsgroup question. It sounds for me
>>knowledge specially needed for hackers. It can not be the purpose for a
>>newsgroup like this to help them. Even that you need it probably for a
>>legal situation.
>>
>>Just showing my idea about this to others.
>>
>>Cor
>>[/color]
>
>
>[/color]