How to Find Your Computer IP Address (Windows)

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By Elvis De Leon
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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

Step 1

Go to the Start menu, go to Run, and type "CMD" in the dialog box (without the quotes.)
Step 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.
Step 3

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

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Step 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.
Step 5

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

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imranali said

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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 ?