Efficiency Tip #77 – Find My IP Address

There are many ways to find out your Internet Protocol address (IP address).  Probably the easiest way is to go to this page.

http://www.whatismyip.com

This will give you the IP address that the outside world sees when you visit web pages or other Internet resources.  It’s like caller ID for the Internet.  Anyone you connect to knows who you are based on the fact that no two computers on the Internet have the same IP address.

If you have a hardware router, this is actually the IP address assigned to the router.  If you have multiple computers in your house it is likely they all use the same IP address (assigned to a router) when going to the Internet.  Each of your computers is given an “inside” IP address that can’t actually connect to the Internet.  To find out your computer’s IP address, do the following.

Windows Key – R
CMD <enter>
IPCONFIG <enter>

This will list your IP address with some extra information – subnet mask and gateway.

If you don’t have a router and connect your computer directly to the Internet, the two methods above should give you the same IP address.

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