Tips: What's my IP?

Cak Momon
Sometimes online you need to know your IP address. This is the address which identifies your computer on the Internet, and it's how information you request gets sent to you correctly, instead of ending up on someone else's computer. If you play online games with others and in some other circumstances, you'll need your IP address to create a direct connection between you and another Internet user. As your IP is usually dynamically assigned – that is, you get a different IP each time you connect to the Internet – how do you know what yours is?
It's easy to find out:
  1. Click Start -> Run.
  2. In the Run dialog box, type winipcfg and click OK. A dialog box will be displayed, containing your IP address as well as other information.

Note: Microsoft doesn't include the Windows IP Configuration (winipcfg) tool with Windows 2000 or Windows XP. However, you can download a version for those operating systems directly from Microsoft. It has a slightly different name (wntipcfg), so once you've installed it, to run it do this:

  1. Click Start -> Run.
  2. In the Run dialog box, type wntipcfg and click OK.

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