{"id":2368,"date":"2020-12-07T11:26:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T11:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2020-12-07T11:28:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T11:28:02","slug":"how-to-find-your-public-ip-address-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/ubuntu\/how-to-find-your-public-ip-address-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Your Public IP address in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one of my earlier posts, I have shown you the methods of finding your private IP address in Ubuntu 20.04.<\/a> This post is dedicated to all the methods of finding your public IP address.<\/p>\n

We have used Ubuntu 20.04. However, some of the below methods may also be used in other Linux distributions.  Here we go.<\/p>\n

Finding Public IP Address in Ubuntu 20.04<\/h2>\n

Method 1: Using Google<\/h3>\n

Open your Google Chrome browser and search with the keyword \u201cwhat is my ip\u2019. Google will show your public IP.<\/p>\n

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Method 2: Querying the DNS providers<\/h3>\n

Many DNS providers will let you access your public IP address information.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Using dig command<\/h4>\n

You can access your public IP address information from your DNS provider by using any of the following dig commands.<\/p>\n

dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com<\/pre>\n
dig ANY +short @ns1-1.akamaitech.net ANY whoami.akamai.net<\/pre>\n
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Method 2: Using host command<\/h4>\n
You can also query your public IP address information from your DNS provider by using the following host command.<\/p>\n
host myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com<\/pre>\n
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Or You can further narrow the answer by using grep and awk in your command.<\/p>\n
host myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com | grep \"myip.opendns.com has\" | awk '{print $4}'<\/pre>\n
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Method 3: Using Online Services<\/h3>\n
Several online services provide your public IP address information. For example, you can access this information by downloading files from these service providers.<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. IP Echo Service: ipecho.net<\/li>\n
  2. icanhazip.com<\/li>\n
  3. ifconfig.co<\/li>\n
  4. Ifconfig.me<\/li>\n
  5. ipinfo.io<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Method 1: Using wget command<\/h4>\n
    First, install wget using the following command and enter your password if prompted.<\/p>\n
    sudo apt update && sudo apt install wget -y<\/pre>\n
    <\/p>\n
    Then, you can use any following wget command to find your public IP from the mentioned service providers.<\/p>\n
    wget -qO- http:\/\/ipecho.net\/plain | xargs echo

    wget -qO- ifconfig.co

    wget -qO- ifconfig.me | xargs echo

    wget -qO- https:\/\/ipinfo.io\/ip<\/pre>\n
    <\/p>\n
    <\/p>\n
    <\/p>\n
    <\/p>\n
    Method 2: Using CURL command<\/h4>\n
    First, install cURL using the following command and enter your password if prompted.<\/p>\n
    sudo apt update && sudo apt install curl -y<\/pre>\n
    <\/p>\n
    You can then use these CURL commands to find your public IP from service providers.<\/p>\n
    curl ifconfig.co

    curl ifconfig.me && echo

    curl icanhazip.com && echo

    curl https:\/\/ipinfo.io\/ip<\/pre>\n
    <\/p>\n
    <\/p>\n
    <\/p>\n
    <\/p>\n
    I hope you have learned from this article. Comment below for any problem or suggestion, thank you and have a good day.<\/p>\n\n\n
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