Как узнать внешний IP адрес? - Visual Basic .NET - Ответ 4531617

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim Web As New System.Net.WebClient
        Dim Str, Result As String
        Str = Web.DownloadString("http://www.getip.com/")
        Web.Dispose()
        Result = Pars(Str, ("<em>"), ("</em>"))
        MsgBox(Result, , "IP")
    End Sub
    Public Function Pars(ByRef strSource As String, ByRef strStart As String, ByRef strEnd As String, Optional ByRef startPos As Integer = 0) As String
        Dim iPos As Integer, iEnd As Integer, lenStart As Integer = strStart.Length
        Dim strResult As String
        strResult = String.Empty
        iPos = strSource.IndexOf(strStart, startPos)
        iEnd = strSource.IndexOf(strEnd, iPos + lenStart)
        If iPos <> -1 AndAlso iEnd <> -1 Then
            strResult = strSource.Substring(iPos + lenStart, iEnd - (iPos + lenStart))
        End If
        Return strResult
    End Function