>>>On a Local Area Network, the IP Address of my computer is 192.168.0.24, what >>should be the equivalent IP Address on the Internet... Is it the same or not, >>if not, how would I get that...
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>>That is a private IP address used by the LAN only; it's not exposed to the >Internet. You either have a second IP address associated with an Internet >connection, or you have a proxy server of some sort that remaps packets from >your private IP address to an address assigned to your Internet gateway. >Getting that remapped address is not a simple matter; it isn't really known to >your workstation, only to the proxy server that translates IP addresses for >the gateway.
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>Thanks for your quick responce...
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>Is there any API Function available that will return the IP address...

Not given that it's remapped via the proxy server. The IP address you list is valid only inside the private network scope; any number of systems may be using that IP address within their own LAN environment.