InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress() is returning 127.0.1.1
<p>My question is similar to <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/2381316/1175065">this</a> question . I want to get the real IP of my machine (not 127.0.0.1) but strange, the below code in my Ubuntu is returning 127.0.1.1</p>

<pre><code>InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress()
</code></pre>

<p>Below is my complete code, originally posted in SO at <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/7334091/1175065">here</a></p>

<pre><code>public String getMachineIP() {
    try {
        String hostIP = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress();
        if (!hostIP.equals("127.0.0.1")) {
            return hostIP;
        }

        /*
         * Above method often returns "127.0.0.1", In this case we need to
         * check all the available network interfaces
         */
        Enumeration&lt;NetworkInterface&gt; nInterfaces = NetworkInterface
                .getNetworkInterfaces();
        while (nInterfaces.hasMoreElements()) {
            Enumeration&lt;InetAddress&gt; inetAddresses = nInterfaces
                    .nextElement().getInetAddresses();
            while (inetAddresses.hasMoreElements()) {
                String address = inetAddresses.nextElement()
                        .getHostAddress();
                if (!address.equals("127.0.0.1")) {
                    return address;
                }
            }
        }
    } catch (UnknownHostException e1) {
        System.err.println("Error = " + e1.getMessage());
    } catch (SocketException e1) {
        System.err.println("Error = " + e1.getMessage());
    }
    return null;
}
</code></pre>

<p>The above code is returning 127.0.1.1 whereas <code>ifconfig</code> on my Ubuntu machine is giving below output</p>

<pre><code>root@dell:~# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:70:b7:30:cd  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:28 Base address:0x6000 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:68:d3:02:b5  
          inet addr:192.168.2.112  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:68ff:fed3:2b5/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:23827 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:32515
          TX packets:23200 errors:46 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:22027719 (22.0 MB)  TX bytes:3778268 (3.7 MB)
          Interrupt:19 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:402 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:402 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:29197 (29.1 KB)  TX bytes:29197 (29.1 KB)
</code></pre>

<p>I found 127.0.1.1 entry in host file (Strange to me, since I never updated this file)</p>

<pre><code>root@dell:~# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.1.1   dell

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
</code></pre>

<p>How to get the real IP of my machine (not 127.0.0.1)? I am looking ONLY for IPv4 address excluding <code>127.0.0.0/8 subnet</code></p>
