AFP FAQ - How to detect the IP address of your visitor?

[2] How to detect the IP address of your visitor?

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This is done with the method Request.ServerVariables() because any information about the client's browser is directed from the Web server to the AFP engine.

<html>
<body>
Ihre aktuelle IP-Adresse: 
<%
Response.Write( Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR") )
%>
</body>
</html>

With activated DNS canonify in your Web server configuration you could even get the client's current domain name while using Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_HOST").

But often the real IP address of your visitors might be masqueraded by any kind of proxies or firewalls - ie. many AOL users are routed through a handful of proxies and in consequence they all seem to have the same IP, but actually it's the address of those proxies (sigh!).

Marco Wotschadlo

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How to detect the IP address of your visitor?
by Anonymous - 11/06/2004 06:25:29

hello....anybody there? i need help

edited by JoKi
Yeah, sure. This section is about notes on articles. Any first message is duplicated to section AFP articles - http://forum.afpfaq.de/viewforum.php?f=15 - in the FAQuarium. So, it would be nice if we could continue your help request over there.

Sincerely, JoKi