How to Find Your Computer IP Address (Windows)

Finding a computer IP address may be extremely easy for many of us, but not necessarily to everyone out there.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Basic computing knowledge

1. 
    

   Go to the Start menu, go to Run, and type "CMD" in the dialog box (without the quotes.)

2. 
    

   Now you should see a dark (DOS) window that looks just like the picture on the left of this article step.
   
   Without the quotes, type "IPCONFIG" and press ENTER.

3. 
    

   Now you should see some network information, along with the IP ADDRESS of your computer listed.
   
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4. 
    

   The following steps are OPTIONAL:
   
   If more information is needed, other than the IP address, type the following from the same DOS box described in step two: IPCONFIG /ALL
   
   This will provide you with more network information on your computer. Its purposes may vary.

5. 
    

   There are also websites available that can provide your computer IP, such as www.whatismyip.com.

6. 
    

   If you have a router/network set up, please note that the initial steps above will only show you the network's IP from the router. For example, if you have a Linksys router installed, and perform the IPCONFIG command, it will show you something like "192.168.1.x" as opposed to your computer's local/root address. For this reason, following STEP 5 above may be useful.

Tips & Warnings

• If performing the IPCONFIG command gives you the following error: "'ipconfig is not recognized as an internal or external command" you may need to approach a slightly different method: - From the C: drive in DOS, type CD\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 - Try the IPCONFIG command from this location again

Resources

• Find out your IP address!

[Diligent77]

on 7/17/2009 Good stuff; love the Thundercats logo too!

[dachozn1]

on 7/17/2009 Great article 5*

[imranali]

on 3/29/2009 How about the online sites telling our ip address. like http://www.myrealipaddress.com ? are these types of sites not easier if we want to know about our ip address ?

[Handmadedreams]

on 2/15/2009 This is good info. Thanks.

[thesearcher]

on 2/15/2009 Wow, great article ! 5* and recommened.