howto Get your PC's Local IP address

Howto Get your PC's Local IP address

Select Operating System: Screen shots coming soon for all of them...

  • Windows 95 / 98 / ME
  • Windows NT / 2000 / XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Linux (various distros)
  • Mac OSX

Windows 95 / 98 / ME

  1. Click on your start menu
  2. Goto the Item listed as "Run.." and click on it. This will open a window with a single line to type on.
  3. In the "Run" Window type the following command: winipcfg
  4. Then Click OK or Press the Enter key on the keyboard
  5. This will open the IP configuration tool.
  6. On the drop down menu at the top select the device that you wish to know the IP of.
  7. The IP address should be visible

Windows NT / 2000 / XP (Home and Pro)

  1. Click on your start menu
  2. Goto the Item listed as "Run.." and click on it. This will open a window with a single line to type on.
  3. Type the command: cmd
  4. Then Click OK or Press the Enter key on the keyboard
  5. This will open an old style comand prompt (a black window with white text), in this window you can only type in one place where the cursor is flashing.
  6. In the "Command Prompt" window type the following where the cursor is at: ipconfig /all
  7. This will give you a lot of information, for all the networking devices on your computer, but in here should have your IP address listed in there
  8. When you are done with this information you can type 'exit' at the cursor and press enter, or simply press the "X" button at the top right.

Windows Vista

  1. Click on your "start orb"
  2. Goto "All Programs" And click on it
  3. Your start menu should change and you should see "Accessories" as an option.  Click on that
  4. In Accessories you should see an entery labled "Command Prompt" Click on that
  5. This will open an old style command promt window (Black window with white text, and a lot of information).  In this window you can only type where the cursor is at.
  6. In the Command prompt window type the following: ipconfig /all
  7. Now press enter
  8. This will give you a lot of information, in that information you are looking for the network device you want the IP of. 
  9. It should be listed as "IPv4 Adrress"
  10. When you are done you can type "exit" and press enter or simply close the window with the "X" at the top right corner of the window.

Linux (most Distrobutions)

  1. You ussually need root privlidges inorder to look at or modify the network settings
  2. Open a "Terminal" window from your applications menu (various ways to get there)
  3. Once in a "Terminal" Session login as root using the "su" command
  4. It will prompt you for the administrator password, enter it.
  5. Once your have root privledge, type in 'ifconfig' this is not a type-o it is suppoed to be "ifconfig"
  6. Now press enter
  7. It will give you information about all configured network equipment.
  8. You are most likely looking for "eth0" on most computer (this is the name for the first Network card attached to the computer)
  9. Your IP address will be listed as "inet addr:"
  10. You can type "exit" to leave your session when you are done.

Mac OSX

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by Matthew Craig | 28 May 2008 1:45PM EST