Re: [Boost-users] how to know my own IP address

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"Tommy" == Tommy Nordgren writes:

Tommy> On Aug 14, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Paolo Viotti wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm using the boost library to create and manage a UDP socket. I >> was wondering if there is a way to know the public address of my >> machine using the boost classes. With this code >> >> udp::endpoint thisendpoint(udp::v4(), UDPPORT); >> boost::asio::ip::address myaddress = thisendpoint.address(); >> std::cout<< "__My IP address: " << myaddress.to_string() << >> std::endl; >> >> I can only print the any_address (0.0.0.0)... thanks, >> >> p_viotti _______________________________________________ Tommy> You can always adress your own machine via the special Tommy> ip adress 127.0.0.1 (or the special domain localhost) But that hardly qualifies as the 'public address' the OP was after. That said, I've no idea about the answer... --