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  • Subject: Re: Identifying IP address of interactive job
  • From: Walden Leverich <walden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 20:52:03 -0400
  • Organization: Tech Software

Scott,
Be careful with the assumption that IP addresses can be mapped to
physical devices. If you are using DHCP -- you are using DHCP, aren't
you -- it is possible for a physical machine to haev a different IP
address every day.

Scott Cornell wrote:

> We have a need here to be able to perform
> manipulations on interactive jobs based on what
> physical device the user is sitting at.  Used to be
> (w/SNA) we could look at the device ID.  However,
> since we now connect via TCP/IP, a given session
> gets whatever virtual device happens to be
> available and it's not always the same number.
> We're wondering if anybody knows how to
> determine the IP address of a given session/job -
> since the IP address can be mapped to a physical
> device, we could get to where we want to go using
> that.
>
> TIA
>
> Scott Cornell, Mercy Information Systems
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