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Java: Finding out my own IP?

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  • 20-12-2007 2:33am
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    AARRRGH
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    Hello

    Does anyone know how I find out my own IP in Java?

    Is it InetAddress.getAddress ?

    Basically I would like to find out my own IP address and then package it as a string.

    Any help appreciated.

    Thanks


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    #2
    Giblet
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    getLocalHost

    You probably aren't going to be able to get your address. Try reading http://whatismyip.org/ it's just a blank site with only your ip listed, could read that in java. (Unless of course you have your external ip mapped to your computer, then getLocalHost() should work.)


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    Hobbes
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    http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.net/Local.html


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    Mutant_Fruit
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    Generally speaking if you're looking to get your external IP address you have to scrape a site like whatismyip.com, or you need to query a UPNP enabled router. That might be of some use to ya.


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