Posted 31 January 2004 - 01:32 PM
I know of two ways to get someon's ip using a im porgram. First the easy way, get a program called ipstealer or any program that can detect a connection on a port on your box. There are many programs out there and i would post my favorite but i do not yet have that option as i am new to the forum. After you get the prog open it up and set it to listen on the port of your choice (I use 80). Then send them a link like 123.456.789.101:80. Substitue your ip and the port you choose, and when they click it you will get their ip.
Another way is to use a pakcet sniffer. This way is slightly more chalenging but it works nonetheless. Get a packet sniffer. Configure it to only accept packets from a certain port (whatever port your im program uses, 5190 for aim).Then when you talk to them or they talk to you you will recieve packets. Your sniffer will be able to tell you the ip from where the packets came.
Hope this helps, I would be happy to answer questions if anyone has any ;)