Finding IP Address

There are two ways of finding the IP address of your computer.

The first uses the ipconfig command and the second requires that you looks at the TPC/IP settings.

To find the IP address on a windows computer using ipconfig, open a command line (dos prompt) and type the command ipconfig at the prompt.

The following is displayed

Using ipconfig command to find IP address on windows computer

The IP address here is 192.168.1.3 . You will also see the default gateway address (192.168.1.1). This is the IP address of the Router, the term gateway is an old Unix expression that is still used.

To examine the TCP/IP settings then

On windows 2000- Go to start menu>settings>network and dial up connections and right click your connection and select properties. Select TCP/IP in the window and select properties and you will see a screen like the one below.

Find IP address on windows computer

Windows XP is similar

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