diff --git a/zeroconf/dns.py b/zeroconf/dns.py
index 7ba35b7c..6f3bb126 100644
--- a/zeroconf/dns.py
+++ b/zeroconf/dns.py
@@ -318,9 +318,12 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
     def __repr__(self):
         """String representation"""
         try:
-            return socket.inet_ntoa(self.address)
+            return self.toString(socket.inet_ntoa(self.address))
         except:
-            return self.address
+            try:
+                return self.toString(socket.inet_ntop(socket.AF_INET6, self.address))
+            except:
+                return self.address
 
 class DNSHinfo(DNSRecord):
     """A DNS host information record"""
diff --git a/zeroconf/mdns.py b/zeroconf/mdns.py
index e096a606..75b587f9 100644
--- a/zeroconf/mdns.py
+++ b/zeroconf/mdns.py
@@ -288,7 +288,14 @@ def __init__(self, bindaddress=None):
         multicast communications, listening and reaping threads."""
         globals()['_GLOBAL_DONE'] = 0
         if bindaddress is None:
-            self.intf = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+            try:
+                """Try to find the internet-routing interface so we don't get 127.0.0.1"""
+                s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+                s.connect(('www.google.com',80))
+                self.intf = s.getsockname()[0]
+                s.close()
+            except:
+                self.intf = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
             bindaddress = self.intf
         else:
             self.intf = bindaddress