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Re: How to know connected or not?

• Posted by martin.stachon at worldonline.cz Jun 09, 2001
• 354 views

----- Original Message -----
From: <gertie at ad-tek.net>
Subject: Re: How to know connected or not?
> On 3 Jun 2001, at 12:15, martin.stachon at worldonline.cz wrote:
>
>
> >
> > If the computer's IP address = 127.0.0.1, then user is offline. (If he
is
> > not connected into other network)
>
> But i use 127.0.0.1 even if i am online! It's the localhost address, and
should be valid
> all the time. It's a cute trick to tell the HOST file that all the
internet webpage
> advertisers live at 127.0.0.1, so even if the proxy filters are off, you
don't see the
> advertising banners when web browsing. I have 1,642 advertiser domains
pointed to
> null. 

Yes, but if you are offline, winsock returns loopback (127.0.0.1) as this
compter's IP

>
> > You can use WSockGetIP() from eusock.
>
> Did you know a search in the archives for eusock returns nothing?

Search for winsock.

> Kat