how to display my IP address?

[cj]

I can get my DNS Name, Machine Name and User Name like

MessageBox.Show ("NetBIOS Name: " & System.Environm ent.MachineName &
vbCrLf & _
"DNS Name: " & System.Net.Dns. GetHostByName(" LocalHost").Hos tName &
vbCrLf & _
"User Name: " & System.Environm ent.UserName)

how can I display my IP address?

Also, what is the difference between a DNS Name and a NetBIOS name?

[Sam Malone]

Public Function Get_LocalIPAddr ess() As String

Dim h As System.Net.IPHo stEntry =
System.Net.Dns. GetHostEntry(Sy stem.Net.Dns.Ge tHostName)

'return any string found

Get_LocalIPAddr ess = CType(h.Address List.GetValue(0 ),
System.Net.IPAd dress).ToString

End Function
"cj" <[e-mail] am> wrote in message
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I can get my DNS Name, Machine Name and User Name like

MessageBox.Show ("NetBIOS Name: " & System.Environm ent.MachineName &
vbCrLf & _
"DNS Name: " & System.Net.Dns. GetHostByName(" LocalHost").Hos tName &
vbCrLf & _
"User Name: " & System.Environm ent.UserName)

how can I display my IP address?

Also, what is the difference between a DNS Name and a NetBIOS name?

[Peter]

Sam,

Maybe we should use System.Net.Dns. Resolve(System. Net.Dns.GetHost Name)
instead of
System.Net.Dns. GetHostEntry(Sy stem.Net.Dns.Ge tHostName).

Peter

"Sam Malone" <th************ @hotmail.com>
wrote:#7******* *******@TK2MSFT NGP02.phx.gbl.. .

Public Function Get_LocalIPAddr ess() As String

Dim h As System.Net.IPHo stEntry =
System.Net.Dns. GetHostEntry(Sy stem.Net.Dns.Ge tHostName)

'return any string found

Get_LocalIPAddr ess = CType(h.Address List.GetValue(0 ),
System.Net.IPAd dress).ToString

End Function

[Sam Malone]

Go for it and I'd appreciate hearing which is better (if indeed one is
better than the other)
"Peter" <zl*****@sina.c om> wrote in message
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Sam,

Maybe we should use System.Net.Dns. Resolve(System. Net.Dns.GetHost Name)
instead of
System.Net.Dns. GetHostEntry(Sy stem.Net.Dns.Ge tHostName).

Peter

"Sam Malone" <th************ @hotmail.com>
wrote:#7******* *******@TK2MSFT NGP02.phx.gbl.. .

Public Function Get_LocalIPAddr ess() As String

Dim h As System.Net.IPHo stEntry =
System.Net.Dns. GetHostEntry(Sy stem.Net.Dns.Ge tHostName)

'return any string found

Get_LocalIPAddr ess = CType(h.Address List.GetValue(0 ),
System.Net.IPAd dress).ToString

End Function

[cj]

GetHostEntry is not a member of System.Net.Dns

Perhaps it's because I'm using VS2003?

Sam Malone wrote:

Public Function Get_LocalIPAddr ess() As String

Dim h As System.Net.IPHo stEntry =
System.Net.Dns. GetHostEntry(Sy stem.Net.Dns.Ge tHostName)

'return any string found

Get_LocalIPAddr ess = CType(h.Address List.GetValue(0 ),
System.Net.IPAd dress).ToString

End Function
"cj" <[e-mail] am> wrote in message
news:eS******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

I can get my DNS Name, Machine Name and User Name like

MessageBox.Show ("NetBIOS Name: " & System.Environm ent.MachineName &
vbCrLf & _
"DNS Name: " & System.Net.Dns. GetHostByName(" LocalHost").Hos tName &
vbCrLf & _
"User Name: " & System.Environm ent.UserName)

how can I display my IP address?

Also, what is the difference between a DNS Name and a NetBIOS name?

[cj]

I don't get an IP address. That gives me:

? System.Net.Dns. Resolve(System. Net.Dns.GetHost Name)
{System.Net.IPH ostEntry}
AddressList: {Length=1}
Aliases: {Length=0}
HostName: "CJ"

I'm using VS2003 if that changes things. I should have mentioned it.

Peter wrote:

Sam,

Maybe we should use System.Net.Dns. Resolve(System. Net.Dns.GetHost Name)
instead of
System.Net.Dns. GetHostEntry(Sy stem.Net.Dns.Ge tHostName).

Peter

"Sam Malone" <th************ @hotmail.com>
wrote:#7******* *******@TK2MSFT NGP02.phx.gbl.. .

Public Function Get_LocalIPAddr ess() As String

Dim h As System.Net.IPHo stEntry =
System.Net.Dns. GetHostEntry(Sy stem.Net.Dns.Ge tHostName)

'return any string found

Get_LocalIPAddr ess = CType(h.Address List.GetValue(0 ),
System.Net.IPAd dress).ToString

End Function

[Sam Malone]

Could be. It works "as is" for me in VS2005
"cj" <[e-mail] am> wrote in message
news:uB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

GetHostEntry is not a member of System.Net.Dns

Perhaps it's because I'm using VS2003?

Sam Malone wrote:

Public Function Get_LocalIPAddr ess() As String

Dim h As System.Net.IPHo stEntry =
System.Net.Dns. GetHostEntry(Sy stem.Net.Dns.Ge tHostName)

'return any string found

Get_LocalIPAddr ess = CType(h.Address List.GetValue(0 ),
System.Net.IPAd dress).ToString

End Function
"cj" <[e-mail] am> wrote in message
news:eS******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

I can get my DNS Name, Machine Name and User Name like

MessageBox.Show ("NetBIOS Name: " & System.Environm ent.MachineName &
vbCrLf & _
"DNS Name: " & System.Net.Dns. GetHostByName(" LocalHost").Hos tName &
vbCrLf & _
"User Name: " & System.Environm ent.UserName)

how can I display my IP address?

Also, what is the difference between a DNS Name and a NetBIOS name?

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi cj,

Thanks for your feedback!

You can get the IP address like this:
private void button1_Click(o bject sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
IPHostEntry hostInfo = Dns.GetHostByNa me("host name");
byte[] ipaddr=hostInfo .AddressList[0].GetAddressByte s();
MessageBox.Show ("IP Address:
"+ipaddr[0]+"."+ipaddr[1]+"."+ipaddr[2]+"."+ipaddr[3]+"\n");
}

This code snippet works well on my side. Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Jeffrey,

I had to smile, but it is true, be aware that this is a VB Net newsgroup and
that your code can look confusing for some people searching this newsgroup.

Cor

""Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]"" <je***@online.m icrosoft.com> schreef in bericht
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Hi cj,

Thanks for your feedback!

You can get the IP address like this:
private void button1_Click(o bject sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
IPHostEntry hostInfo = Dns.GetHostByNa me("host name");
byte[] ipaddr=hostInfo .AddressList[0].GetAddressByte s();
MessageBox.Show ("IP Address:
"+ipaddr[0]+"."+ipaddr[1]+"."+ipaddr[2]+"."+ipaddr[3]+"\n");
}

This code snippet works well on my side. Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Oh, yes, it seems that I mislooked the queue name :-(

Anyway, a C# to VB.net converter can help here:
http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/uti...sharptovb.aspx

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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