Getting the 'external' IP address in Java
- by Caylem
Hi
I'm not too sure how to go about getting the external IP address of the machine as a computer outside of a network would see it. My following IPAddress class only gets the local IP address of the machine.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
public class IPAddress {
private InetAddress thisIp;
private String thisIpAddress;
private void setIpAdd(){
try{
InetAddress thisIp = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
thisIpAddress = thisIp.getHostAddress().toString();
}
catch(Exception e){}
}
protected String getIpAddress(){
setIpAdd();
return thisIpAddress;
}
}
