Hey Viv,
I already posted my solution. I didn't include the user agent header.

>Hi,
>
>C# version works for me:
>

>System.Net.WebClient webClient = new System.Net.WebClient();
>string value  = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding().GetString(webClient.DownloadData("http://whatismyip.org/"));
>

>What error were you getting?
>Best,
>Viv
>
>
>>I think I am trying too hard, but I just can't figure this out and am hoping somebody can point me in the right direction.
>>
>>I am trying to obtain the ip address displayed on http://whatismyip.org/ into my application. I found this snippet on the internet:
>>
>>

>>Dim value As String
>>Dim webClient As New System.Net.WebClient
>>
>>value = New System.Text.UTF8Encoding().GetString(webClient.DownloadData("http://whatismyip.org/"))
>>

>>
>>but I am getting an error. Is there an easier way to do this? There is no HTML - the source is just the ip address.