ip: get outside ip now correct

master
tiyn 2 years ago
parent 4a6b2a8514
commit 186cb9222d

@ -38,9 +38,16 @@ It is either bundled in the `dig` package - like in
package - like in Ubuntu - or even another package depending on the distribution
used.
After installation the following command can be used to get the outside IP
address of your system `dig +short txt ch whoami.cloudflare @1.0.0.1`.
address of your system.
```sh
dig +short txt ch whoami.cloudflare @1.0.0.1
```
There is an alternative to this using `wget`.
It uses a call to DuckDuckGo and requests the outside IP from there.
The mentioned command is the following
`wget -qqO- 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q=what+is+my+ip' | grep -Pow 'Your IP address is \K[0-9.]+'`.
The mentioned command is the following.
```sh
wget -qqO- 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q=what+is+my+ip' | grep -Pow 'Your IP address is \K[0-9.]+'
```

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