That is one of your REAL ip adresses.

To get all of them (and choose one you like better) have a look at
java.net.NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces().

/gordon

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Are you using a Debian-based distribution of Linux? IIRC, when recent
Debian releases are using DHCP, in order to give a consistently
functioning IP address it uses this address. I think this is necessary
for Gnome. Addresses in the 127 class-A network should never appear on
the (physical) wire.

The obvious solution is not to use dynamic IP assignment, but that is
perhaps not very helpful.

I tried getAllByName using my hostname, but only got the one result
(using Ubuntu 7.04).

From 1.6, it appears with a little experimentation that you can get
java.net.NetworkInterface to get the information.

        for (
            java.util.Enumeration<NetworkInterface> en =
                NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
            en.hasMoreElements();
        ) {
            NetworkInterface iface = en.nextElement();
            System.err.println(iface.getInterfaceAddresses());
        }

I have absolutely no idea why an interface introduced in 1.6 is still
using Enumeration.

Tom Hawtin

What you want is  your "FACE IP".

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/ip.html
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