Obtaining client IP Address

[mberding]

I'm setting up a solution where a user fills in basic information and the system returns a thank you page. However, I want to record the user's IP Address.

Using FM's Get(SystemIPAddress) return's the server's IP address, not the clients. How do I get the client's (public) IP address into a field in IWP?

[jteich]

This is not possible I suspect. And it is not only a filemaker missing feature but a general security consideration that browsers don't disclose information about their local configuration.

-jens

[mberding]

There is no such security feature in browsers.

Example: http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm

[IdealData]

Try Get(SystemNICAddress). Whilst it's not an IP Address, it is actually a better record as the NIC info cannot change for a given network card.

[mberding]

Already tried that too - it returns the server's NIC address.

[IdealData]

Of course.

The web client information was available in FMP 6, but appears to have disappeared since then.