Sorry to disappoint...
I tested on Win2k. In my case, as you can see IPCONFIG output has extra 0D,0A.
Using your code with two extra '$y = readline (1)', the results are as expected. I added '? IP = Gate' in place of your 'goto VPNaddress'
code:

10.198.54.249
10.198.54.249
if 10.198.54.249 = 10.198.54.249
 IP = Gate

The content of IPCONFIG.TXT is as follows:
code:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration
	Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 999-51-566
	Primary DNS Suffix  . . . . . . . : 
	Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
	IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
	WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
	Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Cable Disconnected
	Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)
	Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-DA-68-9A-06

PPP adapter My Office:
	Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
	Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
	Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
	DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
	IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.198.54.249
	Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
	Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.198.54.249
	DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.198.10.1
	                                    10.198.10.18
	Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.198.10.1
	Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 10.198.10.18

BTW, I ran this interactive on KIX 3.62 and not from logon. I notice you count 16 in 'substr($y, instr($y,":")+2, 16)' but in your case there are fewer than 16 chars in IP. Check your IPCONFIG.TXT file to see if there are hidden trailing chars that would make compare false.

[ 02 September 2001: Message edited by: LLigetfa ]

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