How can I determine the IP of my router/gateway in Java?

Question

How can I determine the IP of my router/gateway in Java? I can get my IP easily enough. I can get my internet IP using a service on a website. But how can I determine my gat

Answer 1

I'm not sure if it works on every system but at least here I found this:

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
public class Main
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            //Variables to find out the Default Gateway IP(s)
            String canonicalHostName = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getCanonicalHostName();
            String hostName = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();

            //"subtract" the hostName from the canonicalHostName, +1 due to the "." in there
            String defaultGatewayLeftover = canonicalHostName.substring(hostName.length() + 1);

            //Info printouts
            System.out.println("Info:\nCanonical Host Name: " + canonicalHostName + "\nHost Name: " + hostName + "\nDefault Gateway Leftover: " + defaultGatewayLeftover + "\n");
            System.out.println("Default Gateway Addresses:\n" + printAddresses(InetAddress.getAllByName(defaultGatewayLeftover)));
        } catch (UnknownHostException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    //simple combined string out of the address array
    private static String printAddresses(InetAddress[] allByName)
    {
        if (allByName.length == 0)
        {
            return "";
        } else
        {
            String str = "";
            int i = 0;
            while (i < allByName.length - 1)
            {
                str += allByName[i] + "\n";
                i++;
            }
            return str + allByName[i];
        }
    }
}

For me this produces:

Info:
Canonical Host Name: PCK4D-PC.speedport.ip
Host Name: PCK4D-PC
Default Gateway Leftover: speedport.ip

Default Gateway Addresses:
speedport.ip/192.168.2.1
speedport.ip/fe80:0:0:0:0:0:0:1%12

I'd require more tests on other Systems/Configurations/PC-Gateway-Setups to confirm if it works everywhere. Kind of doubt it but this was the first I found.