Auto discover host IP address

[elvisimprsntr]

Instead of requiring one to manually specify the server IP address you can use UDPSocket to determine the IP address.

require 'socket'

addr = UDPSocket.open {|s| s.connect("255.255.255.0", 1); s.addr.last}

[plamoni]

I will have to check this out. Thanks for the tip!!

[plamoni]

PS -- Read this this morning, pretty cool. Congrats: http://www.theengineer.co.uk/electronics/in-depth/home-help-towards-the-automated-home/1015721.article

[elvisimprsntr]

Technically one is supposed to use a valid external IP address, but I discovered that as long as it is not all zeros or the loop back yields the correct result

[elvisimprsntr]

Thanks. I wasn't looking for fame, but if I can make some coin I'll take it. So far it hasn't been very lucrative.

PS I put you in for a 2013 Ruby Hero Award. Let me know if you get a call from Matz.

[plamoni]

This might not work 100% of the time, because it doesn't account for boxes that might have more than one interface, and I'm not sure exactly how it decides which one is correct. However, I think that anyone with a network complicated enough for it to matter will recognize if it's wrong and override with the correct address. This should work for 90%+ of cases and will provide an excellent default option.

I'll code it up this evening if I have time.

[elvisimprsntr]

I have been working on a plugin with service (aka Bonjour) auto discovery. I have a few bugs to work out, but resolving the hostname to an IP address works.
Theoretically you could register for an official Zeroconf (aka Bonjour) service name and configure siriproxy (Avahi+dnssd) to broadcast it's service. Unfortunately, even though the iOS device could detect the service, iOS would need a provision to direct the Siri traffic thru siriproxy vs directly to apple servers. Maybe a well placed request to someone "inside" could make it possible. I use a transparent redirect using my router vs dnsmasq.
If the UDPSocket method doesn't cover 100% of the cases, one could theoretically use dnssd to discover siriproxy running on the host which can be resolved to an IP address. That might cover 100% of the cases. it would also allow automatic discovery of the port.

Or is it possible to have siriproxy, maybe using UPnP, to report to a basic router DNS the hostname/ip resolution?
Just looking for a way to make installation and configuration easier. http://serverfault.com/questions/130457/how-to-announce-my-laptop-hostname-ip-to-my-linksys-wrt54gl-router-via-upnp

[awesomecode]

Is it possible to use a custom host in siri proxy like http://youtubeproxy.co/ ?

[elvisimprsntr]

That is a question not related to the subject of this thread. But based on the link you provided I think you have a misunderstanding what SiriProxy is used for. It is not a generic proxy server to allow you to circumvent blocked sites by your employer or your ISP. It is to add functionality to Siri which is not available natively.