Dynamic Host Check

[gzuz]

As long as i have been running small priston tale servers, i have always had a dynamic ip address on my test server, this i use for good rl friends to connect and private testing. This has always been a problem as i have constantly had to keep giving people my ip address whenever it changes. I have written a piece of code that will get the ip of the server from its dynamic web address. I use no-ip. You can add this piece of code into a launcher to make it work that way if you wish. You can even change the string to a secure string so that it cant be hexed out easily. Here is the code.

Imports System.Net

Public Class Form1

 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Try

            Dim iphost As IPHostEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry("openpt.servegame.com")
            Dim ipreturn = iphost.AddressList(0).ToString()
            MsgBox("Gzuz's Server ip is currently - " & ipreturn, vbInformation, "IP Tester")

            End

        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex)
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Dns.GetHostEntry("openpt.servegame.com")
change the address within there to get what you are looking for. If you wish to add this into a launcher such as mine you will have to do something like:

ipaddr = returnip
my.computer.registry.write({location},ipaddr)
my.computer.filesystem.deletefile({location of ptreg.rgx file})