Know IP Address of USB tethering interface in Windows Phone

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Is it possible to know the IPAddress of Windows Phone [Mango] devices when connected to PC through USB tethering.?

I am asking this because when i connect my phone to pc, using sockets it can connect to ANY Ipaddress. In other words, the SocketError enumeration always return me Success. which is quite strange.

If someone help me clarifying this issue. Thanx

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '12 at 02:36

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The phone itself can be accessed via the loopback interface (aka 127.0.0.1) - you can see that if you try to analyze the network traffic for a debug session. The level of access, however, is limited to the extent of the debugger integration.

answered Jul 08 '12 at 02:36

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '12 at 18:01

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While the phone is connected it gets the IP address 192.168.55.101. The network interface of the computer (e.g. to connect to it from the phone) has the address 192.168.55.100.

answered Jul 08 '12 at 18:01

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this does not happens in Windows Phone 7 and above – Uday0119 Jul 14 '12 at 04:42
I actually tried that. Works for me, at least as long as the app is run from Visual Studio. Also see http://stackoverflow.com/a/9139738/581887 – blakharaz Jul 14 '12 at 13:33

Know IP Address of USB tethering interface in Windows Phone

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