use strict; use warnings; use Net::Address::IP::Local; print ReturnIpAddress(); sub ReturnIpAddress { my $address; select STDOUT; eval{ $address = 'Net::Address::IP::Local'->public ; ## Rece +iving the current IP ## }; if ($@) { print "$@"; return '192.80.160.16'; ##If No IP address received then return a static IP of order "192....." } else { return $address; } }