Tool to get you IP into your Connection Settings

mooq! · Post by **mooq!** » 2003-07-17 06:41

Hi there, does anybody know if there is a possibility to get your IP into your connection settings for active mode?
This would be really great, because I am behind a router and have to set the IP for active mode everytime I start DC++ to get it working.
I am no programmer, but I think this could be possible to manage...

hopefully, mooq!

TheParanoidOne · Post by **TheParanoidOne** » 2003-07-17 07:11

Get a dynamic DNS address. DC++ will accept such an address in the active mode settings.

Do a search for "Dynamic DNS" or "No-ip" or something similar if you want more details.

cyberal · Post by **cyberal** » 2003-07-17 07:43

Some hubs don't accept a dns as ip, is it maybe DCH++ ?? anyone?

Sedulus · Post by **Sedulus** » 2003-07-17 08:12

since 0.181 the hostname is converted to an IP by dc++

so hostnames will never get sent...
... this does mean however that you need to restart dc++ whenever your IP changes

TheParanoidOne · Post by **TheParanoidOne** » 2003-07-17 08:13

DC++ doesn't send DNS addresses. It converts the address to an IP address before sending it to a hub.

Ref: this post and onwards.

cyberal · Post by **cyberal** » 2003-07-17 08:59

thanks guys

TheParanoidOne · Post by **TheParanoidOne** » 2003-07-17 09:09

Almost simultaneous posting.

Post by **GargoyleMT** » 2003-07-20 10:28

Sedulus wrote:so hostnames will never get sent...
... this does mean however that you need to restart dc++ whenever your IP changes

Sorry, it resolves the value of the SERVER setting (the IP field) a number of times during the run of the application:

Client.h

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	string getLocalIp() { 
		if(!SETTING(SERVER).empty()) {
			return Socket::resolve(SETTING(SERVER));
		}
		if(socket == NULL)
			return Util::getLocalIp();
		string tmp = socket->getLocalIp();
		if(tmp.empty())
			return Util::getLocalIp();
		return tmp;
	}

It actually resolves it every time you issue a $ConnectToMe request, so if your IP changes, connection requests will fail until the DNS updates trickle down. But you shouldn't have to restart DC++... right?

Sedulus · Post by **Sedulus** » 2003-07-20 12:11

oops.. my bad

hm.. I think it's rather odd to do it that often, but I guess it's the best way for those using dyndns services

Post by **GargoyleMT** » 2003-07-20 12:20

Sedulus wrote:hm.. I think it's rather odd to do it that often, but I guess it's the best way for those using dyndns services

Agreed. Hopefully it's relying on a caching nameserver upstream from the user... Unless windows itself caches?

Sedulus · Post by **Sedulus** » 2003-07-20 12:42

ipconfig /help wrote: /flushdns Purges the DNS Resolver cache.

so at least NT boxes do

JATT69 · Post by **JATT69** » 2003-07-23 16:24

when i go to my dc++ settings for connections when i click active mode, my ip thing iz blank, how do i know wat my dc++ connection settings ip is???????

cyberal · Post by **cyberal** » 2003-07-24 00:50

www.whatismyip.com

tsm2 · Post by **tsm2** » 2003-09-12 04:51

Hi,

Look @
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=d ... p_id=40287

it would be included in official release of dc++

i hope that helps everyone

jonix · Post by **jonix** » 2003-11-09 12:45

So is this feature included yet?
The status of the request is still "open" and noone is assigned to it.

I tried to put my hostname in the IP field but it didn't seem to be resolved... So i've put together some code to resolve it and edit the IP field at client startup.

You can download it at: http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~johnk/setdcip

Please let me know if the resolving feature in DC++ is implemented (and works)!

tsm2 · Post by **tsm2** » 2003-11-25 04:19

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jonix Posted: 2003-11-09 17:45    Post subject:  

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So is this feature included yet? 
The status of the request is still "open" and noone is assigned to it. 

I tried to put my hostname in the IP field but it didn't seem to be resolved... So i've put together some code to resolve it and edit the IP field at client startup. 

You can download it at: http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~johnk/setdcip 

Please let me know if the resolving feature in DC++ is implemented (and works)!

You do not need any registered dyndns hostname to use with my patch.
My code just asks some random website what is the ip address of requester (you).
Then, the active ip address field in DC++ is updated accordingly at runtime.

joakim_tosteberg · Post by **joakim_tosteberg** » 2003-11-25 07:53

Tsm2, have you submitted a patch to arne in the way mentioned in compile.txt?

Submitting patches

If you think you've done something that more people could use, you can always submit a patch for inclusion in the
original distribution. I will then consider whether I like the patch or not based on things that might seem to be
completely random, which just might be the case. Popular reasons for rejecting a patch include, but are not limited to,
ugly code, abusable features, feature that I don't like that bloat the applications and incompatibility with other
modifications I've already done.
To increase the chances of your patch being accepted, mail them to me ([email protected]) as diffs against the latest
code you can find (for the moment, it should be the cvs repository on sourceforge, but sometimes I forget to
update it, so check the source code distribution of the latest release as well...). You can find a lot of
information about diff and patch by googling for it.
By submitting a patch, you agree to that I get copyright of it. This to avoid stupid situations later on where
the copyright is split out over a million people, each of which could stop further distribution of DC++. If you don't
like this, start your own distribtution, if you're lucky it might become more popular than the original =).

joakim_tosteberg · Post by **joakim_tosteberg** » 2003-11-25 11:08

Also i think you'll have to redo your code a bit, I can't get it to work in dc++ 0.304.

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------ Build started: Project: DCPlusPlus, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------

Compiling...
GetExternalIp.cpp
Linking...
client.lib(DCPlusPlus.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "private: __thiscall CGetExternalIp::CGetExternalIp(void)" (??0CGetExternalIp@@AAE@XZ) referenced in function "public: static void __cdecl Singleton<class CGetExternalIp>::newInstance(void)" (?newInstance@?$Singleton@VCGetExternalIp@@@@SAXXZ)
client.lib(DCPlusPlus.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "protected: static class CGetExternalIp * Singleton<class CGetExternalIp>::instance" (?instance@?$Singleton@VCGetExternalIp@@@@1PAVCGetExternalIp@@A)
.\App/DCPlusPlus.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals

Build log was saved at "file://c:\Program Files\DC - sources + include\DC++ source\DCPlusPlus-0.304-src-GetExternalIp_patced\vc7\Debug\windows\\BuildLog.htm"
DCPlusPlus - 3 error(s), 0 warning(s)

To get it compile at all I also had to add

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#include "GetExternalIp.h"

in dcplusplus.h

tsm2 · Post by **tsm2** » 2003-11-28 06:42

joakim_tosteberg
Tsm2, have you submitted a patch to arne in the way mentioned in

since i published the source code in other thread

To get it compile at all I also had to add Code:
#include "GetExternalIp.h"
in dcplusplus.h

Have you read carefully instructions in other thread ?

i'm not sure...

Also i think you'll have to redo your code a bit, I can't get it to work in dc++ 0.304.

What's wrong with 0.304 ?

Hope that helps

tsm2 · Post by **tsm2** » 2003-11-28 07:07

Last minute from Arne
read this thread
http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/forum ... 4896#34896

Be patient

joakim_tosteberg · Post by **joakim_tosteberg** » 2003-11-28 09:27

I've seen it, but arne hadn't posted jet then i wrote this.

aragonit · Post by **aragonit** » 2003-12-29 21:00

It's a shame that DC++ needs that, but the way I solve the problem is right after I connect to my ISP I run a shortcut on my desktop containing this:

"C:\Program Files\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe" "C:\Program Files\DC++\DCPlusPlus.xml"

(this is a shortcut to open the DCPlusPlus.xml file with Textpad)
Then I change the last 2 parts of the IP manually. That at LEAST avoids the reaction from Hubs I have on AutoJoin.

I think it should be possible to make a neat javascript for this, but I'm too lazy.

tsm2 · Post by **tsm2** » 2004-01-29 08:35

Hi,

I have a new version compiled with dc++ 0.306:
retry count with timer was added for reliability

If anyone need the source code, just ask me

bye

DC++

Tool to get you IP into your Connection Settings

Tool to get you IP into your Connection Settings

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