Here you can find the source of getIPAddress()
static String getIPAddress() throws Exception
//package com.java2s; /*//w w w .ja v a 2 s . co m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ import java.net.Inet4Address; import java.net.InetAddress; import java.net.NetworkInterface; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Enumeration; import java.util.List; public class Main { static String getIPAddress() throws Exception { List<InetAddress> ipAddresses = new ArrayList<InetAddress>(); String ipAddress = null; Enumeration<NetworkInterface> e = NetworkInterface .getNetworkInterfaces(); while (e.hasMoreElements()) { NetworkInterface ni = e.nextElement(); // Clustering doesn't work for loop-back addresses, so we are not interested // we are not interested in inactive interfaces either if (ni.isLoopback() || !ni.isUp()) continue; Enumeration<InetAddress> e2 = ni.getInetAddresses(); while (e2.hasMoreElements()) { InetAddress ip = e2.nextElement(); ipAddresses.add(ip); } } if (ipAddresses.isEmpty()) { return null; } else { for (InetAddress ip : ipAddresses) { if (ip instanceof Inet4Address) { ipAddress = ip.getHostAddress(); break; } } } if (ipAddress == null) { ipAddress = ipAddresses.get(0).getHostAddress(); } return ipAddress; } }