Archive:Finding Your IP Address

2008-07-01T00:55:21Z

208.180.37.25: /* In any Browser on any Operating System */

''Note: This documentation assumes you already know what an IP address is, see [[Wikipedia:Ip address]] for more information on IP addresses.''<br>

== Finding Your Local IP Address (broadband) or Global IP Address (dialup) ==
=== Windows 98 And Above ===
# Go to Start
# Click on Run
# Type cmd and hit enter (use ''command'' in Win98)
# Type ipconfig and hit enter
It will say something like
<pre>
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.102 <-your IP address
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 <-your system Gateway
</pre>

If you are on broadband, or use a network modem or your internet connection is not through your current PC, that IP is a local ip. Meaning, that is the IP my router gave me, not the IP the world sees. This means that the address is only specific to me in my local network.

If you use dialup with a modem on your current computer, that will be your external IP.

=== Linux ===

# Open a Terminal/Console
# Type ''ifconfig''
# Look at ''inet addr: xx.xx.xx.xx'' where the xx is your IP

<pre>
[root@wikibooks]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:F8:4A:51
inet addr:192.168.99.35 Bcast:192.168.99.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:190312 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:86955 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:30701229 (29.2 Mb) TX bytes:7878951 (7.5 Mb)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0x5000
</pre>

== Finding Your Global IP Address ==

To find your global IP which is what the outside world sees, you may use a website such as [http://www.whatismyip.com WhatIsMyIP] or [http://www.ipchicken.com IP Chicken].

=== In The Browser Firefox ===

Simply download the extension "[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1731 Live IP Address]" to keep track of your current IP address. Useful if you are used to using automatic proxies.

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=== In any Browser on any Operating System ===
Many websites can give you your IP address. These include, but are nowhere near limited to:
* [http://whatismyipaddress.com/ http://whatismyipaddress.com/]
* [http://www.ip-adress.com/ http://www.ip-adress.com/]
* [http://www.ipchicken.com/ http://www.ipchicken.com/]
* [http://whatismyip.com/ http://whatismyip.com/]
* [http://ipfinding.com/ http://ipfinding.com/]

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