Determine Client's Computer Name

Question

I am building an intranet site that will display different lists based on the computer name because different computers are in different areas, is there a way (within a cont

Answer 1

I think you are better off using one of these methods to tie a user to a location:

• a cookie that is set once the user self-selects their location
• having the user login to the site so that you can track them uniquely that way
• remembering user by IP address

There is no way of ensuring remote hostnames are unique. The same issue occurs with IP because of proxies, dynamic IP, etc., but I think it will be a little more reliable. Also, you can do geolocation by IP address.