How to Find Your IP address in Windows.

Have you ever been curious to know what your computer's IP (Internet Protocol) address is?

Computers are identified on the world wide web by their IP address. IP addresses are used to route information between computer networks.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A computer
• A copy of Microsoft Windows

1. In Windows click on your "Start" button. Using Vista, click on the Windows logo in your taskbar.

2. Click on "Run" and type in the word "command".
   
   In Vista, type in the word "command" in the "Start Search" box at the bottom of your start bar and select "Command Prompt".

3. Click "OK" and a black "Command Prompt" box will appear on your screen.
   
   In Vista this step is not necessary as the "Command Prompt" box will appear after Step 2.

4. In the black "Command Prompt" box, type: ipconfig
   
   Then press "Enter".
   
   (This step is the same in all versions of Windows)

5. The resulting IP address will be listed in the results from Step 4.
   
   There are certain IP address ranges that are "private" networks and "public" networks.
   
   Some examples of "private" networks are:
   
   10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
   172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
   192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

[ladyt06]

on 7/20/2009 good easy info on finding your IP address in Windows!

[Susanh]

on 1/3/2009 Good information, thanks.

[vanilla-caramel]

on 9/29/2008 Good article!

[2plus2]

on 9/11/2008 My husband is the computer person in the family. This would impress him, if I could do this. Thank you.