/// <summary>
/// These are the methods that get the appropriate values via different resources
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// Adequate values. Either a FOUND value if found (i.e. DefaultGateway)...
/// ...or EMPTY, which will infer the required value cannot be found or, in this case, the device may not be connected to a Network
/// </returns>
///
public string getExternalIP()
{
try
{
return(new WebClient().DownloadString("https://api.ipify.org"));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return(ExceptionHandling.getExceptionMessage(ex));
}
}
public string getIPv4()
{
try
{
IPHostEntry IPhostEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
string IPv4 = EMPTY;
foreach (IPAddress ip in IPhostEntry.AddressList)
{
if (ip.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork)
{
IPv4 = ip.ToString();
}
}
return(IPv4);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return(ExceptionHandling.getExceptionMessage(ex));
}
}
