How to Find My IP Address

Kitty Langdon — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:29:55 +0000

Windows 2000, XP, or Vista

By default, Windows Vista is not set to show the Run command from the Start menu. You can change this in Vista Preferences or use Search to find the Run command.

To use the Search command in Windows Vista type:

From the Start menu click Search
Type Run
Double-click the Run shortcut

Once you have the Run command window start with step 2 below

From the Start menu select Run
Type cmd in the Run window field
Type ipconfig /all

Macintosh OS X

Open the System Preferences application
Click the Network icon
Select Network Status from the Show drop down field
Look for the Built-in Ethernet item, or other applicable network interface
Look for the IP address that is shown to the right

Unix

In a terminal window, use the command
ifconfig -a

or, if this is not found use,

/usr/sbin/ifconfig -a

You may get a variety of responses. The one you want is one that includes the words "BROADCAST" and "inet," where "inet" introduces the IP address -- e.g.,

le0: flags=<863up,broadcast,notrailers,running,multicast> mtu 1500 inet 128.8.10.95 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 128.8.10.255

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How to Find My IP Address