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Programming Talk / Java / JSP - How do I determine if a computer is on my local network or not?

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Mr Z
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Posted: 8th Oct 2009 17:18 Edited at: 8th Oct 2009 17:18
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Hi all.

I would like to add a setting in the server program I am making in Java, so that only people that is on my local network can connect. However, I am not sure how to do this. Anyone know how to check if a socket comes from the local network or from the "outside"?

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Posted: 8th Oct 2009 17:47
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Well, if you're behind a router and there isn't port forwarding set up for this particular protocol/port, it shouldn't happen.

Otherwise you could check if the address falls into one of these ranges: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network#Reserved_private_IPv4_address_space.
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I know, but I still would like the option to be there. At the moment all I check is if the three first parts of the IP address is the same, but that is not the same thing as a LAN... or is it?

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Most of the time on a home LAN the addresses will fall into one of those ranges. It may be possible to set it up differently but I doubt this is done in domestic environments.
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Posted: 8th Oct 2009 22:19
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Not a good way of doing it. IP spoofing.

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You can't actually initiate a connection via spoofing (nor can you intercept packets if you're outside of the local network), so this isn't really an issue.
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Check the connecting PC's IP and see if it fits into the subnet the network is using.

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Mr Z
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Sorry for the late reply.

Quote: "Most of the time on a home LAN the addresses will fall into one of those ranges. It may be possible to set it up differently but I doubt this is done in domestic environments."

Yeah, I know. But my university happen to be one of those places that has it setup differently, lol.

Quote: "Check the connecting PC's IP and see if it fits into the subnet the network is using."

How do I do that in Java?

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ipconfig will give you the subnet your on, so run that from whichever computer you're running the server on and configure a variable with it.

And connection with your server program will know what the IP of the client is, sorta how TCP works. The socket class should have the methods needed, check the API docs.

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Quote: "ipconfig will give you the subnet your on, so run that from whichever computer you're running the server on and configure a variable with it."

Not even sure how to do that, lol. I do not know very much about subnets. Are you saying I could check the subnet of the incoming connection to make sure it is on the same one as I am?

Quote: "And connection with your server program will know what the IP of the client is, sorta how TCP works. The socket class should have the methods needed, check the API docs."

Have checked there, and I know how to get the correct IP. But do not know how to use that to see if they are on the same local network as I am.

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