{"id":3955,"date":"2016-09-01T19:12:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T13:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2019-05-16T07:43:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T07:43:48","slug":"different-ways-find-ip-address-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/different-ways-find-ip-address-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Different Ways to Find Your IP Address in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post tells you some of the ways to find your IP Address, both the local IP assigned by your router or ICS\/DHCP server running in your network, as well as your external or public IP address.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>IPCONFIG Command<\/h3>\n<p>Open a Command Prompt window, type <code>ipconfig \/all<\/code> and press <kbd>ENTER<\/kbd><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/find-ip-1.png\" alt=\"find your ip address\" width=\"650\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Network Connections &#8211; Control Panel<\/h3>\n<p>Press <kbd>WinKey<\/kbd> + <kbd>R<\/kbd>, type <code>ncpa.cpl<\/code> and press <kbd>ENTER<\/kbd><\/p>\n<p>Double click the network connection to open Properties. Click <strong>Details<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This shows the IP address assigned for that network connection.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/find-ip-2.png\" alt=\"find your ip address\" width=\"362\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Settings Page<\/h3>\n<p>Click Start &rarr; Settings &rarr; Network and Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Click Ethernet or WiFi whichever one you&#8217;re using.<\/p>\n<p>Click the adapter listed in the right-side.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/find-ip-3.png\" alt=\"find your ip address\" width=\"650\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/find-ip-5.png\" alt=\"find your ip address\" width=\"549\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Task Manager<\/h3>\n<p>Open Task Manager (<kbd>Ctrl<\/kbd> + <kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>Esc<\/kbd>), select Performance tab and click Ethernet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/find-ip-6.png\" alt=\"find your ip address\" width=\"650\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Public IP Address<\/h2>\n<p>A public IP address is an external IP provided by your ISP. It may either be a Static IP or Dynamic IP allocated automatically. Checking your router admin page would tell you the external IP you&#8217;ve been assigned. If you&#8217;re behind a router or NAT device, here are the methods to find your public\/external IP address, other than logging in to your router.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Using Google search<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google <strong>what is my ip<\/strong> to find out your external or Public IP.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9339 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/public-ip-google-srch.png\" alt=\"Find Your IP Address in Windows\" width=\"698\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Using the Nslookup command<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open a Command Prompt window and type the following:<\/p>\n<pre>nslookup myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9337 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/public-ip-nslookup-opendns.png\" alt=\"Find Your IP Address in Windows\" width=\"700\" height=\"214\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Using PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Run these two commands:<\/p>\n<pre>$wc = new-object System.Net.WebClient\r\n$wc.DownloadString(\"http:\/\/myexternalip.com\/raw\")<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9338 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/public-ip-powershell.png\" alt=\"Find Your IP Address in Windows\" width=\"699\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Using Windows Script<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copy the files to Notepad, and save the file as <code>find-external-ip.vbs<\/code><\/p>\n<pre>Dim o : Set o = CreateObject(\"MSXML2.XMLHTTP\")\r\no.open \"GET\", \"http:\/\/ifconfig.me\/ip\", False\r\no.send\r\nWScript.echo o.responseText<\/pre>\n<p>Double-click the file to run it to display your external\/public IP address.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9336 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/public-ip-vbscript.png\" alt=\"Find Your IP Address in Windows\" width=\"157\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can even launch it from the console, by running <code>cscript.exe find-external-ip.vbs<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post tells you some of the ways to find your IP Address, both the local IP assigned by your router or ICS\/DHCP server running in your network, as well as your external or public IP address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23886,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/no-internet-after-windows-10-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":3955,"position":0},"title":"No Internet after Installing Windows Updates [Windows 10]","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"After installing a Windows Update -- be it a Cumulative Update, Feature Update, or a driver update, internet access may get broken in some configurations. 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