From 8462086922d570f8f19997330b366b2cfbe78291 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Gibbs <me@danielgibbs.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 21:42:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(info): gather external ip from ipify.org instead of
 ifconfig.co (#2953)

---
 lgsm/functions/info_distro.sh | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lgsm/functions/info_distro.sh b/lgsm/functions/info_distro.sh
index 1e2a519f4..c50953cdc 100644
--- a/lgsm/functions/info_distro.sh
+++ b/lgsm/functions/info_distro.sh
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ netlink=$(ethtool "${netint}" 2>/dev/null| grep Speed | awk '{print $2}')
 
 # External IP address
 if [ -z "${extip}" ]; then
-	extip=$(curl -4 -m 3 ifconfig.co 2>/dev/null)
+	extip=$(curl -s https://api.ipify.org 2>/dev/null)
 	exitcode=$?
 	# Should ifconfig.co return an error will use last known IP.
 	if [ ${exitcode} -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -238,14 +238,14 @@ if [ -z "${extip}" ]; then
 			if [ -f "${tmpdir}/extip.txt" ]; then
 				extip=$(cat "${tmpdir}/extip.txt")
 			else
-				echo -e "x.x.x.x"
+				fn_print_error_nl "Unable to get external IP"
 			fi
 		fi
 	else
 		if [ -f "${tmpdir}/extip.txt" ]; then
 			extip=$(cat "${tmpdir}/extip.txt")
 		else
-			echo -e "x.x.x.x"
+			fn_print_error_nl "Unable to get external IP"
 		fi
 	fi
 fi