Forums Developers Getting a users IP address

I am trying to write a netmeeting plugin for mirc mainly to be used for a video connection. Creating a executable and communicating with mirc via DDE is not a problem. However, I do not see a way to get a IP address for a user in the userlist. Is there a way to do this? I suppose I could spoof a DCC connection to the server but I really don't want to do that if I don't have to. Any suggestions?

/DNS isn't reliable unfortunately.

Thanks.

Have you tried passing a hostname instead? I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to do, but what I know about netmeeting... you can pass either ip OR host. Or perhaps you could resolve the IP in your own plugin.

- Raccoon

You would still need a valid hostname. the /DNS command for example, doesn't give the actual hostname all the time. You need the address or name of the users actual PC to establish a direct netmeeting connection, similar to the peer to peer DCC connection.

I would need the users actual hostname to resolve it in my plugin. Many servers don't even display actual hostnames anymore.

Thanks for the reply. I think what i am looking for is a magic mirc command like:

/IP nickname

that returns the users IP address

Also, I don't see where I have a 'looking at' turned off.

Well, assuming this is an authorizd connection, and that the other user is allowing you to connect (or vise versa) why not just use a ctcp notice.

/ctcp nick NETMEETING <ip>
ctcp *:NETMEETING:*: {
; net meeting stuff here
}

EDIT:
Example..

menu nicklist {
Connect To $1 via NetMeeting: /ctcp $1 NETMEETING $ip
}

ctcp *:NETMEETING:*: {
if (*.*.*.* iswm $2) /blah goes here
}

note: you may even use $longip just so the ip isn't as noticible to someone whom happens to catch the packet. They may just assume its a $ctime or some other setting.

Basically if the server is hiding/hashing the address then you can't get it. After all, pretty much the entire reason servers do that is to stop people getting other users' IPs. You might as well attempt a DNS via code and then if it fails prompt the user so they can manually ask for (and input) a real address.

Thanks guys. Using ctcp is probably the best answer. However $longip didn't give me anything. $ip works fine though. Thanks again.

try
//echo . $longip(192.168.0.1)
//echo . $longip(3232235521)

result
. 3232235521
. 192.168.0.1

then try (while online)
//echo . $longip($ip)

$longip converts a aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd ip to its true 64bitvalue

The 64bitvalue well not be so noticable to a snooper as being a ip address

Just nitpicking
$longip converts a aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd ip to a 32-bit value

baaa humbug, you are so right.

/me thinks for a few seconds then edits his message....

well the 64bit value is the same just the top 32bits are 0 <snicker snicker> (damn i hate making boobups)

Thanks again everybody!

Have a look at the opportunities available under /STATS for the servers you are using. Some have specific commands for retrieving the "IP on connect" or "hostname on connect" for a particular user. (IIRC, it's /stats L and /stats l respectively on IRCnet - it will be different with other IRCd's)

(I very much doubt that this will be possible on IRCd's hiding user addresses, but where it CAN be done, experience suggests that it can return results faster than /dns)

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