Here you can find the source of getPublicIP()
public static String getPublicIP()
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2012 I3M-GRyCAP//from w ww .ja v a 2 s. co m * * Licensed 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.net.SocketException; import java.util.Enumeration; public class Main { public static String getPublicIP() { String ip = "127.0.0.1"; try { for (Enumeration<NetworkInterface> ifaces = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces(); ifaces .hasMoreElements();) { NetworkInterface iface = ifaces.nextElement(); for (Enumeration<InetAddress> addresses = iface.getInetAddresses(); addresses.hasMoreElements();) { InetAddress address = addresses.nextElement(); ip = address.getHostAddress(); /** * Checks for IPV4 address since Apache commons FTP does not appear to support IPV6 (as of early 2012) */ if (address instanceof Inet4Address && !ip.startsWith("192") && !ip.startsWith("127") && !ip.startsWith("0")) return ip; } } } catch (SocketException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return ip; } }