On 24/05/18 18:59, Joe wrote: > To begin with, try: > > ip addr show > > and look for the block of information with a label beginning 'eth' or > 'en'. That will contain the Ethernet adaptor IP address. From your > question, I assume your computer contains only one. > > The address returned by Internet sites will be your public IP address, > and unless you have a very unusual setup, that will not be the same as > the IP address of your computer. But you have told us nothing at all > about how your computer connects to the Internet, so I am just guessing. > > On the assumption that you are using a router of some kind, your public > IP address will be that of the router WAN port (cable, ADSL, etc.) and > there will be a method of determining that by connecting to the router > as an administrator. That method will depend entirely on the router. > Until recently, I would have agreed with you - and when I tried the nifty google dns lookup mentioned in another post, that's what I was expecting. Now, however, I get an IPv6 address, and it is the one on my desktop PC. I can get the router's external IPv4 address by using dig -4. I suspect my experience is becoming less unusual these days. Richard
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