Re: How to bind host-name with an IP address
"Ty" <[email protected]>
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--- In [email protected], Scott Henion <shenion@...> wrote: > > On 6/20/2012 9:05 AM, Ty wrote: > > Thanks guys for the great solution but I need a solution that would be seamless to the client/end-user. So I think I'll have to implement a udp server along with my http server. The UDP server would respond to broadcast messages from the client with its IP Address, Mask, default gateway. The client will need to send this broadcast before it communicate with the HTTP server. I hope this is the most practical solution. > > I have used that and it used to work. > > Newer versions of windows block UDP data from devices that have not been > explicitly communicated with. So, it won't work unless you add an > exception to the Windows firewall. > > -- > ------------------------------------------ > Scott G. Henion, Consultant > Web site: http://SHDesigns.org > ------------------------------------------ > Hi Scott, thanks for the timely advice. I was just about to start writing the code. I never like Windows.:(.. What if the clients were using a mobile App for Android/BB/iPhone, would using UDP data do the trick?