How to Check Your IP Address

So you require checking your IP address, for whatever reason. Perhaps you are playing an online game with a mate, or you require accessing your PC remotely. Irrespective of the reason, there is a lot of different ways you can check your IP address.

of the simplest ways is to run an "ipconfig" command in dos prompt. You can access a DOS prompt from windows by hitting start, then run, & typing cmd in the run box. A MS-DOS dialog box will appear. Try typing "ipconfig" in this window.

This will come back with the IP of your computer. However, in case you are jogging a home network or an office network, this will only give you your local IP. This is the IP that has been assigned to you by your router or hub. In case you require to check your outside IP (which is the used to connect to your computer or local network) then you require to access your router settings, usually accessed by typing 192.168.1.1 in to your browser (or whatever local IP your router has been assigned. Usually, 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.0 will be your default gateway IP. "Default gateway IP" meaning your router, as your router is used as your gateway for accessing the Web).

After you have brought up your router knowledge page (& logged in, which is sometimes necessary), look for a status page, & your "WAN IP." This IP is the IP assigned to your router as your outside IP for your incoming traffic.

Now, ought to you require checking your outside IP & you cannot access your router, you could use an IP checker on the Web. A simple Google or Yahoo search for "IP checker" will give you a list of sites that use an simple script to tell you your IP. There are also positive programs in Windows that will give you this result. Try looking around.