Find Your IP address using Visual Basic 6.0

This method will try to find your IP address.
Usage :


Private Sub Form_Load()
   txtIp.Text = GetIPAddress()

   If txtIp.Text = "127.0.0.1" Then
      Label1.Caption = "You are offline"
   Else
       Label1.Caption = "You are online"
   End If
End Sub

Code :


Option Explicit

Public Const MAX_WSADescription = 256
Public Const MAX_WSASYSStatus = 128
Public Const ERROR_SUCCESS       As Long = 0
Public Const WS_VERSION_REQD     As Long = &H101
Public Const WS_VERSION_MAJOR    As Long = WS_VERSION_REQD \ &H100 And &HFF&
Public Const WS_VERSION_MINOR    As Long = WS_VERSION_REQD And &HFF&
Public Const MIN_SOCKETS_REQD    As Long = 1
Public Const SOCKET_ERROR        As Long = -1

Public Type HOSTENT
   hName      As Long
   hAliases   As Long
   hAddrType  As Integer
   hLen       As Integer
   hAddrList  As Long
End Type

Public Type WSADATA
   wVersion      As Integer
   wHighVersion  As Integer
   szDescription(0 To MAX_WSADescription)   As Byte
   szSystemStatus(0 To MAX_WSASYSStatus)    As Byte
   wMaxSockets   As Integer
   wMaxUDPDG     As Integer
   dwVendorInfo  As Long
End Type


Public Declare Function WSAGetLastError Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long

Public Declare Function WSAStartup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
   (ByVal wVersionRequired As Long, lpWSADATA As WSADATA) As Long

Public Declare Function WSACleanup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long

Public Declare Function gethostname Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
   (ByVal szHost As String, ByVal dwHostLen As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function gethostbyname Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
   (ByVal szHost As String) As Long

Public Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
   (hpvDest As Any, ByVal hpvSource As Long, ByVal cbCopy As Long)


' ---------
' Code
' ---------
Public Function GetIPAddress() As String
   Dim sHostName    As String * 256
   Dim lpHost    As Long
   Dim HOST      As HOSTENT
   Dim dwIPAddr  As Long
   Dim tmpIPAddr() As Byte
   Dim i         As Integer
   Dim sIPAddr  As String

   If Not SocketsInitialize() Then
      GetIPAddress = ""
      Exit Function
   End If
   If gethostname(sHostName, 256) = SOCKET_ERROR Then
      GetIPAddress = ""
      MsgBox "Windows Sockets error " & Str$(WSAGetLastError()) & _
              " has occurred. Unable to successfully get Host Name."
      SocketsCleanup
      Exit Function
   End If
   sHostName = Trim$(sHostName)
   lpHost = gethostbyname(sHostName)

   If lpHost = 0 Then
      GetIPAddress = ""
      MsgBox "Windows Sockets are not responding. " & _
              "Unable to successfully get Host Name."
      SocketsCleanup
      Exit Function
   End If

   CopyMemory HOST, lpHost, Len(HOST)
   CopyMemory dwIPAddr, HOST.hAddrList, 4
   ReDim tmpIPAddr(1 To HOST.hLen)
   CopyMemory tmpIPAddr(1), dwIPAddr, HOST.hLen
   For i = 1 To HOST.hLen
      sIPAddr = sIPAddr & tmpIPAddr(i) & "."
   Next

   GetIPAddress = Mid$(sIPAddr, 1, Len(sIPAddr) - 1)

   SocketsCleanup
End Function

' ==================================================================== '

Public Function HiByte(ByVal wParam As Integer)
    HiByte = wParam \ &H100 And &HFF&
End Function

' ==================================================================== '

Public Function LoByte(ByVal wParam As Integer)
    LoByte = wParam And &HFF&
End Function

' ==================================================================== '

Public Sub SocketsCleanup()
    If WSACleanup() <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then
        MsgBox "Socket error occurred in Cleanup."
    End If
End Sub

' ==================================================================== '

Public Function SocketsInitialize() As Boolean
   Dim WSAD As WSADATA
   Dim sLoByte As String
   Dim sHiByte As String

   If WSAStartup(WS_VERSION_REQD, WSAD) <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then
      MsgBox "The 32-bit Windows Socket is not responding."
      SocketsInitialize = False
      Exit Function
   End If


   If WSAD.wMaxSockets < MIN_SOCKETS_REQD Then
        MsgBox "This application requires a minimum of " & _
                CStr(MIN_SOCKETS_REQD) & " supported sockets."

        SocketsInitialize = False
        Exit Function
   End If