HOW TO FIND IP ADDRESS

HOW TO FIND IP ADDRESS OF A SYSTEM

Steps on how to find IP address of a computer

A.   How to find IP address using Graphical User Interface (GUI)

If you want to find the IP address of Windows 7 or Windows 10 PC (Private IP address)

1.      Click on Start or press Windows Key on keyboard > type Control Panel > press enter Key on Keyboard

2.      On Control Panel window select Category [OR] Large icons / Small icons under View by

3.      If you select Category under View by, click on View network status and tasks under Network and Internet [OR] If you select Large icons / Small icons under View by, click on Network and Sharing Center

4.      Click on Change adapter settings

5.      Right click on Network Adapter (Ethernet or Wi-Fi) > click on Status > click on Details (You can view the IP address of your PC in the Value column, next to IPv4 Address) 

 

If you want to find the Public IP address of Windows 7 or Windows 10 PC (provided by ISP)

1.      Open any web browser

2.      Type www.google.com in the address bar of that web browser

3.      Type What is my IP address in the search bar of Google > Press enter

4.      Your PC’s public IP address will be displayed on the screen

B.   How to find IP address using Command Line Interface

1.      Click on Start or press Windows Key on keyboard > type cmd > press enter Key on Keyboard

2.      Type the following command on cmd

If you want to find the IP address of Windows 7 or Windows 10 PC (Private IP address)

ipconfig

 

If you want to find the Public IP address of Windows 7 or Windows 10 PC (provided by ISP)

nslookup   myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com

 

HOW TO FIND IP ADDRESS OF WEBSITE

Every website on the Internet has its own URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that points to the location where the website is hosted. But a web site on the Internet is found by its IP address and not by its domain name or URL. You can access a site by typing in its IP address alone.

How to find IP address of website

The following command-line tools are help you to find the IP address of website.

1.      nslookup is a command-line tool for querying the Domain Name System (DNS) server to obtain records that are associated with the domain name. nslookup command will help you to find the IP address from domain name or website.

·         Click on Start or press Windows Key on keyboard > type cmd > press enter Key on Keyboard

·         Type the following command on cmd

nslookup  domain-name

2.      Ping (Packet Internet Gopher) is a command-line tool used to find the IP address of website or domain name.

·         Click on Start or press Windows Key on keyboard > type cmd > press enter Key on Keyboard

·         Type the following command on cmd

ping  domain-name

3.      Tracert command will show you the route a packet takes from the source to the destination. It will also help you to find the IP address of website.

·         Click on Start or press Windows Key on keyboard > type cmd > press enter Key on Keyboard

·         Type the following command on cmd

tracert  domain-name

4.      Pathping is a command-line tool used to traces the route a packet takes to a destination and displays information on packet losses for each router in the path.

·         Click on Start or press Windows Key on keyboard > type cmd > press enter Key on Keyboard

·         Type the following command on cmd

pathping  domain-name