How to get the IP address of the server on which my C# application is running on?

Question

I am running a server, and I want to display my own IP address.

What is the syntax for getting the computer\'s own (if possible, external) IP address?

Someon

Answer 1

Get all IP addresses as strings using LINQ:

using System.Linq;
using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
using System.Net.Sockets;
...
string[] allIpAddresses = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()
    .SelectMany(c=>c.GetIPProperties().UnicastAddresses
        .Where(d=>d.Address.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork)
        .Select(d=>d.Address.ToString())
    ).ToArray();

TO FILTER OUT PRIVATE ONES...

First, define an extension method IsPrivate():

public static class IPAddressExtensions
{
    // Collection of private CIDRs (IpAddress/Mask) 
    private static Tuple[] _privateCidrs = new []{"10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16"}
        .Select(c=>Tuple.Create(BitConverter.ToInt32(IPAddress
                                    .Parse(c.Split('/')[0]).GetAddressBytes(), 0)
                              , IPAddress.HostToNetworkOrder(-1 << (32-int.Parse(c.Split('/')[1])))))
        .ToArray();
    public static bool IsPrivate(this IPAddress ipAddress)
    {
        int ip = BitConverter.ToInt32(ipAddress.GetAddressBytes(), 0);
        return _privateCidrs.Any(cidr=>(ip & cidr.Item2)==(cidr.Item1 & cidr.Item2));           
    }
}

... And then use it to filter out private IPs:

string[] publicIpAddresses = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()
    .SelectMany(c=>c.GetIPProperties().UnicastAddresses
        .Where(d=>d.Address.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork
            && !d.Address.IsPrivate() // Filter out private ones
        )
        .Select(d=>d.Address.ToString())
    ).ToArray();