Registry and IP?

[phiban]

Hey guys! (Another Question).

Just wondering in xp or any other version, if i have my machine which gets its IP from a DHCP server, can i retrieve it from the Registry?

Basically Im writting a app which gets the machines IP address, which then gets sent to a database.

Any idea's how i could get the IP address? would it be in readable form, as in a string of ints?

thanks!

[cluberti]

It's located here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{<GUID FOR YOUR NETWORK INTERFACE>}\DhcpIPAddress (it's a REG_SZ value). You'll find lots of other interface information here, updated every time the interface is refreshed (automatically or manually).

[phiban]

cheers, i was actually looking in there but didnt check the parameters tree lol mmm....how would one pull this info out? also how would i know which interface id it was, without actually going through the list?

P.S Sorry about the additional questions

Edited October 2, 2006 by phiban

[Takeshi]

These commands can tell you the adaptor and IP Address without you looking up the CLSIDs in the registry.

ipconfig

systeminfo

wmic nicconfig GET Description , IPAddress