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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. | |||
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Revision as of 10:06, 7 October 2007
Note: This documentation assumes you already know what an IP address is, see Wikipedia:Ip address for more information on IP addresses.
Finding Your Local IP Address
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
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
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
[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
Finding Your Global IP Address
To find your global IP which is what the outside world sees, you may use a website such as WhatIsMyIP or IP Chicken.
In The Browser Firefox
Simply download the extension "Live IP Address" to keep track of your current IP address. Useful if you are used to using automatic proxies. Not a book title page. Please remove {{alphabetical}} from this page. Template:Shelf Template:Computer science
In any Browser on any Operating System
Many websites can give you your IP address. These include, but are nowhere near limited to: