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 the following is displayed

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.

Windows XP is similar

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