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Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box

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On Thu, 2018-05-24 at 09:07 +0200, Alberto Luaces wrote:
> Joe writes:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> If the router supports upnp and it is activated, you can check the
> external IP in an device-independent way with
> 
> upnpc -l | grep ExternalIPAddress
> 

Thank you, finally an answer that make sense and is not pedantic.

I tried this, but it is not 100% reliable. For instance, with the
firewall / router I use, upnp id not activated. I suppose I will have
to write a custom python script.

Kind regards,
André

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  Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box conover@rahul.net (John Conover) - 2018-05-24 08:50 +0200
    Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box likcoras <likcoras@riseup.net> - 2018-05-24 09:00 +0200
      Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box conover@rahul.net (John Conover) - 2018-05-24 09:30 +0200
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  Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-24 09:00 +0200
  Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-05-24 09:10 +0200
    Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> - 2018-05-24 09:10 +0200
      Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box André Rodier <andre@rodier.me> - 2018-05-24 09:20 +0200
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      Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-05-24 22:20 +0200
        Get the external IP address from a Linux box Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2018-05-24 22:40 +0200
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  Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box Peter Ludikovsky <peter@ludikovsky.name> - 2018-05-24 13:20 +0200
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    Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-05-24 15:00 +0200
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      Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-05-29 15:10 +0200
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