InetAddress.toString() returns a forward slash

Question

I have a variable packet of type DatagramPacket. While packet.getAddress().toString() results in a String representing an the IP address, it has an ext

Answer 1

Use the following:

packet.getAddress().getHostAddress()

From the documentation:

Returns the IP address string in textual presentation.

Contrast that with InetAddress.toString():

Converts this IP address to a String. The string returned is of the form: hostname / literal IP address. If the host name is unresolved, no reverse name service lookup is performed. The hostname part will be represented by an empty string.