why do you need to know the gateway address ? or, if you prefer, what do you want to use it for ?
I need to know the gateway address because I'm writing software to configure routers for use over fiber-optic systems for an ISP. In order to do the configuration, I take the gateway address and add some info to the end of it and perform GETS and POSTS to that particular URL. For Mac, I use: put shell("/usr/sbin/netstat -r -n | grep default | awk '{print $2}'") into GatewayIP In a message dated 10/8/04 8:53:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I tried not to ask - but I can't help myself ..... > > why do you need to know the gateway address ? > or, if you prefer, what do you want to use it for ? > > There have been a few suggested ways to find i tout (and there are a couple > of others, probably even less "perfect"); knowing what you want to use it > for would help to give you the best answer (or at least to point out the > constraints and difficulties with each particular way). > > Note that in the right circumstances, it's possible to have a machine > connected to, and able to talk to, the Internet with : > - no gateway address > - a gateway address which is not used to reach the internet > - a gateway address which is not reachable from the Internet, even though > the machine itself is able to talk to the 'net > - a gateway address which does not represent a host (i.e. you can't > communicate with it) > - multiple gateways, each used for different parts of the net > > On principle, I'd say you should try not to need to know this info :-) > > -- Alex. > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution