Java program to find IP address of your computer
An IP(Internet Protocol) address is an identifier assigned to each computer and another device (e.g., router, mobile, etc) connected to a TCP/IP network that is used to locate and identify the node in communication with other nodes on the network. IP addresses are usually written and displayed in human-readable notation such as 192.168.1.35 in IPv4(32-bit IP address).
An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and local addressing. Its role has been characterized as follows: “A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how to get there.”
Prerequisites : Networking in Java | Set 1 (InetAddress class), trim() in Java.
InetAddress.getLocalHost() is used to find the private IP addresses used in LAN or any other local network.
To find public IP, we use http://bot.whatismyipaddress.com (An online utility to find your public IP), we open the URL, read a line and print the line.
Below is the Java implementation of the above steps.
Java
// Java program to find IP address of your computer // java.net.InetAddress class provides method to get // IP of any host name import java.net.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import java.net.InetAddress; public class JavaProgram { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { // Returns the instance of InetAddress containing // local host name and address InetAddress localhost = InetAddress.getLocalHost(); System.out.println( "System IP Address : " + (localhost.getHostAddress()).trim()); // Find public IP address String systemipaddress = "" ; try { URL url_name = new URL( "http://bot.whatismyipaddress.com" ); BufferedReader sc = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(url_name.openStream())); // reads system IPAddress systemipaddress = sc.readLine().trim(); } catch (Exception e) { systemipaddress = "Cannot Execute Properly" ; } System.out.println( "Public IP Address: " + systemipaddress + "\n" ); } } |
Output:
System IP Address : 10.0.8.204 Public IP Address : 35.166.48.97
Note: The above output is for a machine that is used by w3wiki online compiler, ide.w3wiki.net