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I think it's a pretty awful idea. Why do you need the IP address explicitly, rather than the machine name?


Ofcaurse it's a bad solution, that's why I've asked for a better one here but at least it is robust. The client will always be able to get the ip address.

I need the ip address to setup the timesync between the client ( win xp ) and the server ( win nt4 ). But that's beside the scope of this forum.