How to get client's computer name

Question

I saw this question in another post but the solution did not work correctly. I use:

System.Net.Dns.GetHostEntry(HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables.Item("REMOTE_HOST")).HostName

This worked correctly on localhost but on server it has problems and returns an empty string. Any idea?

Answer 1

Take into account that HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables.Item("REMOTE_HOST") will return the name of the host making the request, not the address.

Try doing System.Net.Dns.GetHostByAddress(Request.ServerVariables.Item("REMOTE_HOST")).HostName instead.

You can find a list of the Server Variables at Microsoft's MSDN website.