IP Address

Have you ever had to find out your IP Address? If so here is you answer.

That may not be your exact IP address. If you are behind a network that is IP Address that is public. If this is the case you can find out your by following a few simple steps.

To View TCP/IP for your computer (static)

1. Open Network Connections.
2. Right-click the network connection you want to configure, and then click Properties .
3. On the General tab (for a local area connection) or the Networking tab (all other connections), click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) , and then click Properties .

To View TCP/IP for your computer (DHCP)

1. Click > Start > Run
2. Next type CMD and Click Enter. This will Open a Command Prompt window
3. Type 'ipconfig' and hit 'Enter'

This will display your computer's IP Configuration settings. You will see a line that reads IP Address with a series or dots. That the numers at the end of that line is your IP address.

About IP Addresses

A 32-bit address used to identify a node on an IP internetwork. Each node, computer or nPoint on the IP internetwork must be assigned a unique IP address, which is made up of a network identifier and a host identifier. This address is typically represented in dotted-decimal notation, with the decimal value of each octet separated by a period, for example, 192.168.7.27. In Windows 2000, you can configure the IP address statically or dynamically through DHCP.

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