We all know that the IP address is our credential to the world, with it we can go to the different websites we visit and thanks to it they can keep a record of all our movements on the network. Each device we navigate with has an identifier or an IP. From computers such as laptops or desktops to smartphones, they have an IP address in addition to a MAC address. At the organizational level it is very possible that there are several networks due to the infrastructure of the organization there may be more than one network so in these cases the equipment has the same amount of IP addresses.
In the field of networks we have two kinds of IP addresses:
Private
Are those IP addresses that belong to home computers or a private network; This type of network has a certain margin of distance with a public IP.
Public
Public IP addresses are those that have devices that connect directly to the network, for example, Microsoft servers, Google, routers that provide Internet access, etc.
In this small analysis we will observe how we can see the IP addresses of our computers, we will be in a Windows 10 environment but it applies to Windows 8 or Windows 7 computers. You may also be interested in knowing the IP address of a specific website, for this See the following tutorial: find out the IP address of a web page.
With the following video tutorial you can see some options to know a private address easily in Windows 10:
1. View private IP address with Windows 10 System Information
Step 1
The first thing we will do is type the word System Information in the Windows 10 search bar. Click on the option when it appears.
Step 2
In the left panel we will go to the following route and then we will see the data, including the IP address, of the corresponding Network adapter appear on the right:
- Components
- Net
- Adapter
2. View private IP address with Windows PowerShell Windows 10
Another option with commands that we can use is to use the Windows PowerShell console and see our address. To do this we will do the following steps:
Step 1
We open the PowerShell console in any of these ways:
Step 2
Next, we will use the following command to show the corresponding network name:
Gip
Step 3
Another command that can help us see the network information is the following:
Get-NetIPConfiguration
3. View private IP address with Windows 10 Task Manager
Step 1
The first thing will be to open our Task Manager or Task Manager with these options:
Step 2
Next, we will enter the Performance tab and click on the left option of “Ethernet” or “WiFi” as appropriate.
Step 3
In the lower right part we will see our desired IP address.
4. View private IP address on Windows 10 command line
Step 1
It is perhaps one of the best known methods for all. We must open the CMD, for this we can use the key combination:
+ R
Step 2
And enter the term cmd.
Step 3
Press Enter or Accept and in the command line window we will enter the command:
ipconfig
Step 4
We can see that we have a complete summary about the configuration of the IP address in our equipment, in this case the IP is 192.168.0.31
If you want to see more data use the command. You will see DNS information and other details that may be of your use.
ipconfig / all
5. See private LAN IP address in Windows 10 Control Panel
Step 1
To see the private (local) ip of our equipment in this way, as a first step we will go to the control panel:
Step 2
There we select the "Networks and Internet" option:
Step 3
In this window we must select the option "Network and Sharing Center":
Step 4
There we will click on the option "Change adapter settings" located in the left column. In the displayed window we must locate our network adapter and right click on it and select the "Status" option:
Step 5
The following window will be displayed:
Step 6
In this window we select the "Details" option and we will see the following:
Step 7
We can see that all the information about the IP address of our Windows 10 computer is displayed.
Note
We can execute this same process using the ncpa.cpl command through Execute:
6. See private LAN IP address in Windows 10 Settings menu
Step 1
The last option we will analyze is through the Settings option in Windows 10. To do this we will open Settings from the Start menu:
Step 2
There we will select the Network and Internet option, a new window will open, there we click on the "Ethernet" option:
Step 3
In the displayed window we will click on the "Ethernet" icon:
Step 4
The following is displayed:
There we will see the information about the IP address on our computer.
7. See public IP address in Windows 10 browser
On the web there are pages that provide detailed information about our IP address, whether public or private, and with this information we can keep track of this parameter.
Step 1
Some of the most interesting pages are:
iplocation
With "IP Location" we obtain information about our public IP and other parameters such as location, type of operating system, type of device, among others.
iplocation
see-my-ip
With see-my-ip we obtain information about the public IP and details such as browser, city, latitude, etc.
see-my-ip
geoipview
With geoipview we can see the public IP of our computer and additionally see specific details about the geographical location of the equipment.
geoipview
myiponline.net
Myiponline.net shows us our public IP address, as well as other data of our connection and web browser. It also gives us a satellite geolocation map.
Myiponline
Step 2
As we see the alternatives that we have on the Internet, we display information about the public IP address since the output to the Internet is done through a router or a modem and a public IP must be established there.
In addition, if we put "ip or ip address" in the Google search, our public IP will appear, as we can see in the following image:
As we can see, we have several options to identify the public and private IP address that we use in our equipment. If you want to see the public and private IP address from Linux systems, it is also possible.
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