How to find out the IP of your computer

To begin with, it is worth mentioning that An IP address is of two kinds - internal and external. Internal IP address (also called private, intranet, local, "gray") is used in local networks.

External IP address serves to identify your computer on the Internet. He can be static (permanently attached to your computer) or dynamic (reassigned each time the computer is connected to the Internet). The internal IP address must be unique for the local network, the external IP address must be unique for the Internet.

There are several ways to find out your IPcomputer, some of them are suitable for detecting only external or internal IP, with the help of others it is possible to learn both the internal and external IP-address. The first way is using the Windows service ipconfig. To use this service, you need to call the command line.

Click Start, select Run ..."(Or use Ctrl + R). In the "Open" field of the window that appears, type cmd and press Enter or OK. A command prompt window opens, in which you need to enter the command inconfig (ipconfig / all for more details) and press Enter.

If the computer is connected to the Internet directly, in the line "IP-address" ("IPv4-address") its external IP will be specified. If the computer is connected through a local network, you will see its internal IP address in this line, and you can find out the external IP by other methods, which we will discuss below.

The external IP of your computer can be seen in internet connection properties. If you have an operating system Windows XP, click "Start", select "Control Panel", in theyou need the "Network Connections" section. Having found the connection tab to the Internet, click on it twice. A window opens in which you want to go to the "Details" tab. In the line "IP-address of the client" and your external IP will be specified.

To find out the internal IP, you need to right-click on the icon LAN connections, select "Status", go to the "Support" tab. There among other information will be the IP address of your computer on the local network.

In the operating system Windows 7 go to Control Panel and select"Network and Sharing Center". In the left-hand menu, select "Change adapter settings". In the window that opens, find the connection, right-click, select "Status". In the window that opens, click the "Details" button, in the network information window you can see your IP address.

You can also find out the IP of your computer using special sites that define an external IP. You just need to go to one of the following sites:

• 
  2ip.ru


• 
  internet.yandex.ru


• 
  smart-ip.net


• 
  whatismyip.com


• 
  myip.ru


• 
  yoip.ru


• 
  scanip.ru


• 
  ip-whois.net

Of course, there are other sites, we listed only a few of them, you can use the one you like best.

How do you know if your IP address is static or dynamic? To do this, you need to check yourIP address after each connection to the Internet. If it changes, then your external IP is dynamic. One check may not be enough, because sometimes it happens that the computer is assigned to the same external IP several times in a row, especially if there is not enough time between connections to the Internet. Or you can simply call the provider's technical support and find out (by the way, some providers have a permanent external IP - an additional paid service).

As you can see, there are different ways learn the IP of your computer, you can use the one that is more convenient for you.