help need some code that isn't in my html book

[whatever]

I am looking to make a page that has 2 buttons on it.

Button 1:
Get ip.
It gets my current ip

Button 2:
Go to ftp site.

This button takes the result or gets new results and takes the
requester to the proper ftp site.

Let's use 255.255.255.255 for the example ftp server's ip.

I am not sure if this can be done with html or if this needs to be
done with JavaScript.

The page will be running on the ftp server itself. I have a site set
up with ddns that will allow me to do this.




Basically all of the above is saying "I want a page that will display
the ip of the server the page is running on. Also I need this to be
automatically updated. So I do not need to update everyday (my ip
lease is exactly 23 hours and 59 minutes and 59 seconds.)"

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

First, there is't going to be any HTML that will do this. You'll need to use
some server-side scripting language. You can get the IP address easily
enough through ASP or ASP.Net using:
<% Response.Write(Request.ServerVariables("LOCAL_ADDR")) %> This will output
the local server's IP address to the web page. You could use the same code
to make a link to the FTP site instead of a button by doing something like:

<a href="ftp://<% Response.Write(Request.ServerVariables("LOCAL_ADDR"))
%>">FTP Site</a>

 

[Murray]

Be aware that the IP address you get (unless you have a static IP) will only
be the one give you on that session by your ISP....