diff --git a/SABnzbd.py b/SABnzbd.py
index c841fdd..9c8ec3e 100755
--- a/SABnzbd.py
+++ b/SABnzbd.py
@@ -1271,31 +1271,26 @@ def main():
     logging.info('Arguments = %s', sabnzbd.CMDLINE)
 
     if sabnzbd.cfg.log_level() > 1:
-        try:
-            s_ipv4 = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
-            s_ipv4.connect(('1.2.3.4', 80))
-            logging.debug('My IPv4 address = %s', s_ipv4.getsockname()[0])
-            s_ipv4.close()
-        except:
-            logging.debug('Could not determine my IPv4 address')
-            pass
+        from sabnzbd.utils.getipaddress import localipv4, publicipv4, ipv6
 
-        try:
-            import urllib
-            f = urllib.urlopen("http://api.ipify.org")
-            public_ipv4 = f.read()
-            logging.debug('My public IPv4 address = %s', public_ipv4)
-        except:
-            logging.debug('Could not determine my public IPv4 address. Error: %s',sys.exc_info())
-            pass
+        mylocalipv4 = localipv4()
+        if mylocalipv4 :
+            logging.debug('My local IPv4 address = %s', mylocalipv4)
+        else:
+            logging.debug('Could not determine my local IPv4 address')
+
+        mypublicipv4 = publicipv4()
+        if mypublicipv4 :
+            logging.debug('My public IPv4 address = %s', mypublicipv4)
+        else:
+            logging.debug('Could not determine my public IPv4 address')
+
+        myipv6 = ipv6()
+        if myipv6 :
+            logging.debug('My IPv6 address = %s', myipv6)
+        else:
+            logging.debug('Could not determine my IPv6 address')
 
-        try:
-            s_ipv6 = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
-            s_ipv6.connect(('2001:db8::8080', 80))
-            logging.debug('My IPv6 address = %s', s_ipv6.getsockname()[0])
-            s_ipv6.close()
-        except:
-            logging.debug('Could not determine my IPv6 address. Error: %s',sys.exc_info())
 
         # measure and log Pystone performance
         # to avoid a triple nested try/except construction, we use another method:
diff --git a/sabnzbd/utils/getipaddress.py b/sabnzbd/utils/getipaddress.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc869eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sabnzbd/utils/getipaddress.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -OO
+
+import socket
+
+def localipv4():
+    try:
+        s_ipv4 = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        s_ipv4.connect(('1.2.3.4', 80))    # Option: use 100.64.1.1 (IANA-Reserved IPv4 Prefix for Shared Address Space)
+        ipv4 = s_ipv4.getsockname()[0]
+        s_ipv4.close()
+    except:
+        ipv4 = None
+        pass
+    return ipv4
+
+def publicipv4():
+    try:
+        import urllib2
+        #f = urllib.urlopen("http://api.ipify.org")     # urllib has no timeout parameter, so:
+        f = urllib2.urlopen("http://api.ipify.org", timeout=2)    # timeout 2 seconds, in case website is not accessible
+        public_ipv4 = f.read()
+    except:
+        public_ipv4 = None
+        pass
+    return public_ipv4
+
+def ipv6():
+    try:
+        s_ipv6 = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        s_ipv6.connect(('2001:db8::8080', 80))    # IPv6 prefix for documentation purpose
+        ipv6 = s_ipv6.getsockname()[0]
+        s_ipv6.close()
+    except:
+        ipv6 = None
+    return ipv6
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print localipv4()
+    print publicipv4()
+    print ipv6()
+