vb.net - Why am I getting ::1 as IP address in ASP.Net.. and how to get the proper IP address?

Question

I am running an ASp.Net MVC app in the localhost - dev server given with a visual studio. I want to get the IP address. I tried

Request.UserHostAddress

and

Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR")

In both cases, I am getting::1 as a result. What is it? Why am I getting it? How can I get 127.0.0.1 or 192.168.1.xxx?

Answer 1

You are getting a valid IP Address. ::1 is local_host in IPv6. (underscore used in local_host to stop SO from thinking it was some sort of bad text)