Hi NMGLUG folks,

I am familiar with using https://ipchicken.com/ to find my public IP address using the browser.

I would like to verify my public IP address using CLI as well as the browser.

I found this page https://www.tecmint.com/find-linux-server-public-ip-address/ with 4 ways.

The web page (last updated July 2023) shows that the results are in IPv4, but my results are in IPv6.

I tried all four ways.

From the dig command, I get "bash: dig: command not found"

From the host command, I get crap. When I remove the pipes I get stuff including an IPv6 address.

From the wget and curl commands, Iget an IPv6 address.

The IPv6 address from 5 variations of wget and curl are all the same. The IPv6 address from host is different.

I like curl ifconfig.me because it is easy to remember.

Here's the problem.

From ipchicken in the broswer, I get IPv4.

From the CLI, I get IPv6.

How can I verify my public IP address?

In gratitude,

LeRoy

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