IP Address

PC?

Click on Start - Run
Type CMD and hit enter
A black box will appear
Type IPCONFIG /ALL
Look for the local area connection and the IP Address (a set of numbers like this: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX)

If you are wireless, look for the wireless connection numbers.

Or click on this - http://whatsmyip.org/ - it should appear at the top of the page.

Calliopenjo said:

How do you find you out the IP address of your computer?

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It depends. If you connect to the Net through a router in your house then ipconfig will return the IP associated with your NIC (network card). Usually that will be a number such as 192.168.x.x and is not routable. In other words, that is a private number used by the router to distinguish the different computers in your house that attach to it.

If you wish to find the outbound IP, the one used when going to Google for example, you will need to either use your routers Admin interface or go with the suggestion of using a web-based IP detector.

However, if you are not using a router but are connected directly, then ipconfig will function just fine.

Just thought i'd offer some clarification on the topic.

On a PC using Windows XP, click on the Local Area Connections icon in the tool bar at the bottom of the screen. Click on the Support tab and violas! There's your IP and more info than you ever will need, especially if you also click on the "Details" button.

Or see Network Connections in the Start Up. Or you can get there from Control Panel, too.

Indeed, it depends on why you need it. In a typical communication, your computer may use different IPs for different purposes as it communicates through different networks.