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Two Methods For Finding Your IP Address

Posted by on May 18, 2009 | One Comment

If anyone ever asks you what your IP address is, here are two methods you can use to retrieve it.

The first method is to use the ‘ipconfig’ command. In Windows XP:

  1. Click Start and click Run.
  2. Type cmd and press Enter.
  3. At the command prompt, type ipconfig /all. Your IP address information will appear.
  4. You can also send the information to a text file by typing ipconfig /all> c:ip.txt.

The second method is to use the ‘View status’ option. In Windows XP:

  1. Select Start and click Control Panel.
  2. Open Network Connections, and double-click the icon that represents your network connection.
  3. Click the Support tab. Your IP address will be listed.
  4. For more detailed IP address information, click the Details button.
  • GadgetNut

    Also note that the circumstances may dictate a different answer to the question however.

    If you’re using a PC that is behind a router or proxy, the internal IP address may not be what the person to whom you’re speaking is after, especially if that is a reserved address.

    If you’re using a router or a proxy, and it’s the external address that matters in a particular situation, that person needs to know the external address. You’ll have to either check the external address in use by your router on one of it’s configuration menus, or a quicker method would be to surf to a site like http://www.ipchicken.com and it will tell you what external address you’re broadcasting ‘to the world.’