# IP Address of mobile devices

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ip-address-of-mobile-devices/4850>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 20, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ip-address-of-mobile-devices/4850 "2012-07-20T13:18:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Step7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Step7](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Step7)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ip-address-of-mobile-devices/4850/1 "2012-07-20T13:18:00Z")

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How can I get the IP address of a user when they are logged in with an IPad? I can see the other devices with system.net.getExternalIpAddress(), but the IPad doesn’t even show up on the client page on the gateway although he is logged in and connected. Is there something special with mobile devices?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ip-address-of-mobile-devices/4850/2 "2012-07-20T14:06:26Z")

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Yeah, what’s special is that for each mobile client there’s really just a JVM running the real client locally on the server. The mobile client is only a web browser talking to a web server. That being said, there may still be a way to get the mobile client IPs, but I’ll have to ask Carl about it when he gets back from vacation.