Get local IP address

Question

In the internet there are several places that show you how to get an IP address. And a lot of them look like this example:

String strHostName = string.Empty;         


        

Answer 1

Tested with one or multiple LAN cards and Virtual machines

public static string DisplayIPAddresses()
    {
        string returnAddress = String.Empty;

        // Get a list of all network interfaces (usually one per network card, dialup, and VPN connection)
        NetworkInterface[] networkInterfaces = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();

        foreach (NetworkInterface network in networkInterfaces)
        {
            // Read the IP configuration for each network
            IPInterfaceProperties properties = network.GetIPProperties();

            if (network.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Ethernet &&
                   network.OperationalStatus == OperationalStatus.Up &&
                   !network.Description.ToLower().Contains("virtual") &&
                   !network.Description.ToLower().Contains("pseudo"))
            {
                // Each network interface may have multiple IP addresses
                foreach (IPAddressInformation address in properties.UnicastAddresses)
                {
                    // We're only interested in IPv4 addresses for now
                    if (address.Address.AddressFamily != AddressFamily.InterNetwork)
                        continue;

                    // Ignore loopback addresses (e.g., 127.0.0.1)
                    if (IPAddress.IsLoopback(address.Address))
                        continue;

                    returnAddress = address.Address.ToString();
                    Console.WriteLine(address.Address.ToString() + " (" + network.Name + " - " + network.Description + ")");
                }
            }
        }

       return returnAddress;
    }