Archive:Finding Your IP Address

Note: This documentation assumes you already know what an IP address is, see Wikipedia:Ip address for more information on IP addresses.

Finding your IP Address in Windows 98 and above

Using ipconfig

1. Go to Start
2. Click on Run
3. Type command and hit enter
4. 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

But, 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. You may wish to use another method to find your global ip address. A popular website used to do so is WhatIsMyIP.