Using request.getRemoteAddr() returns 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1

Question

I am trying to print the IP adress of the logged user in my webApplication. If a user connects from another PC (which is under the same network, as the web application is ru

Answer 1

As we move over to IPv6 from IPv4, they are changing the loopback address (localhost) to 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 from 127.0.0.1 thats why you are getting this address.

As for the functions:

• getRemoteAddr() returns the clients IP

• getLocalAddr() returns the IP of the server the application is running on