C# - Get Visitor/Client ip address : ASP.NET
If you want to get the ip address of users from asp.net web application when user access the web page, you can use this method to return the Client / visitor ip address.
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Method GetVisitorIPAddress - .Net 4 and above
/// <summary>
/// method to get Client ip address
/// </summary>
/// <param name="GetLan"> set to true if want to get local(LAN) Connected ip address</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string GetVisitorIPAddress(bool GetLan = false)
{
string visitorIPAddress = HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(visitorIPAddress))
visitorIPAddress = HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(visitorIPAddress))
visitorIPAddress = HttpContext.Current.Request.UserHostAddress;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(visitorIPAddress) || visitorIPAddress.Trim() == "::1")
{
GetLan = true;
visitorIPAddress = string.Empty;
}
if (GetLan)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(visitorIPAddress))
{
//This is for Local(LAN) Connected ID Address
string stringHostName = Dns.GetHostName();
//Get Ip Host Entry
IPHostEntry ipHostEntries = Dns.GetHostEntry(stringHostName);
//Get Ip Address From The Ip Host Entry Address List
IPAddress[] arrIpAddress = ipHostEntries.AddressList;
try
{
visitorIPAddress = arrIpAddress[arrIpAddress.Length - 2].ToString();
}
catch
{
try
{
visitorIPAddress = arrIpAddress[0].ToString();
}
catch
{
try
{
arrIpAddress = Dns.GetHostAddresses(stringHostName);
visitorIPAddress = arrIpAddress[0].ToString();
}
catch
{
visitorIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
}
}
}
}
}
return visitorIPAddress;
}
Method GetVisitorIPAddress - .Net 3.5 and below
/// <summary>
/// method to get Client ip address
/// </summary>
/// <param name="GetLan"> set to true if want to get local(LAN) Connected ip address</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string GetVisitorIPAddress(bool GetLan)
{
string visitorIPAddress = HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(visitorIPAddress))
visitorIPAddress = HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(visitorIPAddress))
visitorIPAddress = HttpContext.Current.Request.UserHostAddress;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(visitorIPAddress) || visitorIPAddress.Trim() == "::1")
{
GetLan = true;
visitorIPAddress = string.Empty;
}
if (GetLan)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(visitorIPAddress))
{
//This is for Local(LAN) Connected ID Address
string stringHostName = Dns.GetHostName();
//Get Ip Host Entry
IPHostEntry ipHostEntries = Dns.GetHostEntry(stringHostName);
//Get Ip Address From The Ip Host Entry Address List
IPAddress[] arrIpAddress = ipHostEntries.AddressList;
try
{
visitorIPAddress = arrIpAddress[arrIpAddress.Length - 2].ToString();
}
catch
{
try
{
visitorIPAddress = arrIpAddress[0].ToString();
}
catch
{
try
{
arrIpAddress = Dns.GetHostAddresses(stringHostName);
visitorIPAddress = arrIpAddress[0].ToString();
}
catch
{
visitorIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
}
}
}
}
}
return visitorIPAddress;
}
By Mohd Zulkamal
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