back to old ip system

steinwurf · Jan 27, 2021 · d598863 · d598863
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Showing 1 changed file with 10 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/steinloss/server.py b/steinloss/server.py
@@ -167,9 +167,16 @@ def shutdown(self):
         loop.close()
 
     def get_local_ip(self):
-        hostname = socket.gethostname()
-        local_ip = socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
-        return local_ip
+        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        try:
+            # doesn't even have to be reachable
+            s.connect(('8.8.8.8', 1))
+            ip = s.getsockname()[0]
+        except Exception:
+            ip = '127.0.0.1'
+        finally:
+            s.close()
+        return ip
 
 
 class EchoServerProtocol(asyncio.DatagramProtocol):