Smart way to get the public Internet IP address/geo loc

Question

I have a computer on the local network, behind a NAT router. I have some 192.168.0.x addresses, but I really want to know my public IP address, not somethin

Answer 1

If you are worried about connection lose or the availability of the site, you can also try this way to avoid that issue by including above suggestions.

    using System.Threading;

    Task[] tasks = new[]
    {
      Task.Factory.StartNew( () => new System.Net.WebClient().DownloadString(@"http://icanhazip.com").Trim() ),
      Task.Factory.StartNew( () => new System.Net.WebClient().DownloadString(@"http://checkip.dyndns.org").Trim() )
    };

    int index = Task.WaitAny( tasks );
    string ip = tasks[index].Result;

Hope this one also help.