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

Below code will help you to take public IP address

    string _externalIP;
    _externalIP = (new WebClient()).DownloadString("http://http://icanhazip.com/");
    _externalIP = (new Regex(@"\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}"))
                 .Matches(externalIP)[0].ToString();