to do anything...

EDIT HELP US EXPLORE LOG IN MESSAGES

$ Advertisement
Community Q&A
Article Edit Discuss Home Categories Computers and Electronics Networking

About this wikiHow

wikiHow to Find the IP Address of Reader

Approved
Co-authors: 114

Your PC How helpful is this?

Updated: 10 weeks ago

Views: 5,671,372
Six Methods: Finding Your Public IP Using A Search Engine Finding Your Public IP In Your Router Settings
Finding Your Windows Private IP Using the Command Prompt
Finding Your Windows Private IP using Network Connections Finding Your Private IP on Linux IP Websites Reader Success Stories Share yours!
Community Q&A

When your PC is connected to a network, it is assigned an address on the network called an IP Kana Natarajan
KN
Mar 8, 2016
address. If the PC is connected to a network as well as the internet, then the PC will have an
"Excellent instructions to find your IP
internal IP address which marks its location on the local network, and an external IP, which is the IP address. Thanks to the author for writing
address of your internet connection. Follow this guide to find both. easy and simple steps."

$ Advertisement More stories

Method
1 Finding Your Public IP Using A Search Engine

1 Open Bing or Google. These two search engines will allow you to quickly find your
external, or public, IP address. This is the address of your router or modem that can be
seen by the rest of the internet.
 2 Type i p a d d r e s s into the Search field. Press Enter . This search command
will display your public IP address. It works on Google, Bing, Ask, DuckDuckGo, and
several other search engines, but does not work with Yahoo.

3 Find your IP address. Your public IP address will be displayed at the top of the search
results, sometimes in its own box. If you are using Ask, it is located at the top of the More
Answers section.
Your public IP address will be four groups of up to three numbers, separated by
periods. For example, it might look like 199.27.79.192.
This IP address is assigned to you by your internet service provider. Most external IP
addresses are dynamic, which means they change from time to time. This address
can be masked using proxies.

Method
2 Finding Your Public IP In Your Router Settings
1 Open your routers configuration page. Almost all routers can be accessed through a
web interface where you can see and adjust settings. Open the web interface by entering
the routers IP address into a web browser. Check your routers documentation for the specific
address. The most common router addresses are:
192.168.1.1
192.168.0.1
192.168.2.1

2 Open the Router Status, Internet, or WAN page. The location of the external IP
address will vary from router to router. Most have it listed in the Internet, Router Status, or
WAN (Wide Area Network) Status pages.[1]
If you are using a newer Netgear router with the Netgear Genie configuration software,
click the Advanced tab to load the Advanced Home section.
 3 Find the IP address. Under the "Internet Port" or "Internet IP Address" section in the
Router Status, Internet, or WAN page, your IP address should be listed. The IP address
is 4 sets of digits, with up to three digits per set. For example, it might look like
199.27.79.192.
This is the IP address of your router. Any connections made out of your router will have
this address.
This IP address is assigned to you by your internet service provider. Most external IP
addresses are dynamic, which means they change from time to time. This address
can be masked using proxies.

Method
3 Finding Your Windows Private IP Using the Command Prompt

1 Open the command prompt. Press Win + R and type c m d into the field. Press
Enter to open the Command Prompt.

In Windows 8, you can press Win + X and select the Command Prompt from the
menu.
 2 Run the "ipconfig" tool. Type i p c o n f i g and press Enter . This will display a
list of your network connection information. All of the network connections on your
computer will be displayed.

3 Find your IP Address. Your active connection may be labeled Wireless Network
Connection, Ethernet adapter, or Local Area Connection. It may also be labeled by the
manufacturer of your network adapter. Find your active connection and look for IPv4
Address.
The IP address is four sets of digits, with up to three digits per set. For example, it
might look like 192.168.1.4
The ipconfig printout is long, so you may have to scroll up to find the IPv4 address.

Method
4 Finding Your Windows Private IP using Network Connections
1 Open the Network Connections window. You can quickly access this window in any
version of Windows by pressing Win + R and typing n c p a . c p l . Press Enter
to open the window.

2 Right-click on your active connection. Select Status from the menu. This will open
the connection's Status window. If you are running Windows XP, click the Support tab.
 3 Open the Network Connection Details window. Click the Details... button. This will
open the Network Connection Details window. Your internal IP address will be listed in
the "IP Address" or "IPv4 Address" entry.
Your internal IP address will be four groups of up to three numbers, separated by
periods. For example, it might look like 192.168.1.4
Your internal IP address is the location of your computer on your network.

Method
5 Finding Your Private IP on Linux

1 Open the Terminal. You can check the internal IP address of your Linux computer
through the Terminal command line. You can access the Terminal by selecting it from your
distribution's Utilities folder, or by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T in most distributions.

2 Enter one of the IP configuration commands. There are a couple of different

commands that can display your IP address. The first one is the new standard for
checking IP addresses, while the second command has been deprecated, but should still work
 in virtually all distributions.
s u d o i p a d d r s h o w - You will need to enter your administrator password
after performing this command.
/ s b i n / i f c o n f i g - You may be told that you don't have administrative
privileges for this command. If so, type s u d o / s b i n / i f c o n f i g and then
enter your password.

3 Find your IP address. Each of these commands will display the connection details for
all of your installed connections. Find the connection that you are using. If your computer
is connected via Ethernet, the connection will most likely be eth0. If you are connected via
wireless, it will most likely be wlan0
Your internal IP address will be four groups of up to three numbers, separated by
periods. For example, it might look like 192.168.1.4

Method
6 IP Websites

1 Follow the link:

What is my IP
What is my IP Address
How can I change my IP address?

Here is an article.
wikiHow Contributor
Not Helpful 2 Helpful 17

My laptop won't connect to the Internet and it needs an IP address. How can I fix this?

You need to connect with an eathernet cable and go to the ACP and change the
wikiHow Contributor
network IP. I suggest you talk to your network provider.
Not Helpful 0 Helpful 1

How do I change the IP address on my computer?

If you've got a dynamic IP with your ISP (call them to check), you can reset your
wikiHow Contributor
router to get a new global IP. If you want to change your local IP, that's something
you do within your router's settings.
Not Helpful 1 Helpful 1

If I am offline On my PC, does it still have any kind of IP address?

No. It does not have an IP address, because an IP address is something that is

wikiHow Contributor on the search bar on top of your screen. There is no search bar on the top of your
screen offline, so there is no IP address if your PC is offline.
Not Helpful 0 Helpful 0

How do I find my IP address on Windows 7?

You need to go to the CMD(Command Line), and enter "ipconfig" and look for
wikiHow Contributor
IPv4 and thats your network IP! If you want your public IP, go to Google and look
up "What is my IP?"
Not Helpful 0 Helpful 0

Unanswered Questions

How can I find someone's IP address?

Answer this question Flag as...

How do I find the IP address of someone else?

Answer this question Flag as...

If I want to make another server (method 4) without losing the first one what should I
do?

Answer this question Flag as...

My laptop is missing how do I get the IP address and tracking device. What should I
do?

Answer this question Flag as...

I have Windows 10. How do I change my IP?

Answer this question Flag as...

Show more unanswered questions

Ask a Question

What do you need to know? We'll do our best to find the answer.

Submit
Video

How to Find Your IP Address in Windows 7

Related wikiHows Edit

How to
How to Refresh Your IP Address on a Windows
Find Your IP Address on a Mac Computer

How to How to
Trace an IP Address Change Your IP Address

How to How to
Ping an IP Address Connect Two Routers

How to
How to Connect One Router to Another to
Find the MAC Address of Your Computer Expand a Network

How to How to
Set Up Port Forwarding on a Router Connect Two Computers
Article Info

Categories: Featured Articles | Networking

In other languages: Featured

Article
Franais: trouver l'adresse IP de votre ordinateur, Italiano: Conoscere l'Indirizzo IP del Tuo
Computer, Espaol: encontrar la direccin de IP de tu PC, Deutsch: Die IP Adresse des PCs
herausfinden, Portugus: Descobrir o Endereo IP de Seu Computador, Nederlands: Het IP
adres van je PC of Mac opzoeken, : IP PC, :
IP, Bahasa Indonesia: Mencari Alamat IP PC Anda, : IP
, etina: Jak zjistit IP adresu vaeho potae, : IP, Ting
Vit: Tm a ch IP ca my tnh

Discuss Print Email Edit Send fan mail to authors

Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 5,671,372 times.

Is this article up to date?

Yes No