**aluaces** @aluaces@social.cleverlibre.org · Mar 02, 2020, 18:47

**aluaces** @aluaces@social.cleverlibre.org · Mar 02, 2020, 18:47

aluaces @aluaces@social.cleverlibre.org

Why rely on an external service for querying your own IP when you can ask directly to your home router?

`upnpc -l | grep -i externalipaddress`

**🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱** @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org · 2020-03-02T18:51:08Z

🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@aluaces Often times the external IP of the router isnt the IP you have on the internet itself, sometimes it is.

To give you an idea if i run that command here I get the following:

ExternalIPAddress = 0.0.0.0

**aluaces** @aluaces@social.cleverlibre.org · Mar 02, 2020, 19:00

**aluaces** @aluaces@social.cleverlibre.org · Mar 02, 2020, 19:00

aluaces @aluaces@social.cleverlibre.org

@freemo
Of course, your mileage may vary 😃