IP what is my address

 

IP what is my?

It's a really weird question. It's like asking a genie for something. Basically asking for an address. This is an age old question in the context of internet history. A very basic information, yet most of us are yet hitting search on Google.

On average, 1 million - 10 million monthly searches for this question. It's a very interesting information considering majority of us went through computer class/lessons. I'm pretty sure this was mentioned many times. And for those are searching for this information, for sure, are well versed enough with these code.

So, what my ip address and how to determine this?

1. Let's start with the simplest approach. On Google search, type "what is my ip". At the top of the search result is the actual information. This is also the same address that Google used to return local result using your location.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Then there's the searching through your PC setting. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Then there's the command prompt. A very straight forward approach, by the way. A good way to show-off as well. You know just want to impress, how good you are with IT stuff, typing and going into the telnet aspect of identifying your IP Address. On windows, go to Search and type cmd and it enter. Then type Ipconfig in the black screen =). Just look for the blinking cursor =)
   
   
   

And before I forget, on a Mac..

Go to your System Preferences and follow the images below.

If you're that confident with the MacOS Terminal

1. Start Terminal
2. Enter the command ipconfig getifaddr en1 at the command prompt. Or...
3. Enter the command ipconfig getifaddr en0
   
   
   
   
   

There you have it. Be aware of this information as you will encounter or be needing this as more devices are connected in the internet. Even in your homes, this will be a staple and to provide proper allocation of internet usage and level of control as well.

What is my IP address

A very old question. Yet, always new. Here's a very interesting fact. See below charts searches involving this questions. Showing the top 5 searches and still a relevant question. Most of us are interfacing with a computer and we sometimes get's into point of fixing IT issues. Like what is my IP address? Courtesy of Google Trends this is a very relatable demographics

There are various ways on how to locate this information depending on your OS as well. I don't want to give the tedious part of those numerous clicks. But, let me share you a quick and simple way to get that. Just a note though, this applicable with Windows 10(Sorry to Mac OS and Windows 7 if there's still any).

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc. These keys are easy to find. They are just a single column in your keyboard. This will open your Task Manager. 
2. Go to Performance Tab and choose Network for the details. Besides real-time date on current network performance, this dialog box shows the currently assigned IPv4 and IPv6 address for that connection, which comes in handy when you're working on a local network.

Now, to non Windows 10, you can have the click, clicks steps on this article.