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Written by Josh Lyon

Thursday, 04 October 2007 06:09

Here's a quick tip for those of you looking to find your LOCAL (as in within your network) IP address. In Windows, you would simply issue the following command from the command prompt (Start > Run > "cmd")

ipconfig

Which would yield something similar to the following results.

U:\>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : mshome.net
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 177.21.101.137
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 177.21.101.1

From a Linux shell, you would issue the following:

ifconfig

Which would yield something similar to the following results

eth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:EA:91:04:07
 inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
 inet6 addr: fe80::20f:eaff:fe91:407/64 Scope:
 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
 RX packets:31167 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
 TX packets:26404 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:38338591 (36.5 MiB)  TX bytes:3538152 (3.3 MiB)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xc000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
 inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
RX packets:1994 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1994 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0			
RX bytes:188041 (183.6 KiB)  TX bytes:188041 (183.6 KiB)

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matt said:

	mr hey mate i was wondering how do i find local ip addresses matt
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April 24, 2008
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Rachel said:

	Rachel Hey! Excellent site! Very good work webmaster! Best regards!
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May 26, 2008
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Josh Lyon said:

	local ip Matt - I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for. Please post with some clarification so I might be able to help you.
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June 29, 2008
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Y3G said:

	how to find local attached devices Hi, I have a black box attached to my PC via LAN. I don't know it's address how can I see it's IP address?
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September 28, 2008
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Peter said:

	... Excellent, Matt. For Vista users click Start, enter "cmd" click on cmd.exe then enter ipconfig.
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March 05, 2009
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jo said:

	... hi, i found a tool through that can get ip add www.ip-details.com
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May 06, 2009
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Mark said:

	Dir of Sales I have an encoder attached to my laptop vis ethernet. How can I find the IP address of that device? There is supposed to be a default IP address from the manufacturer, but I am not able to ping it. Any ideas?
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May 20, 2009 | url
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constantinum said:

	reply hi, i had a virus which did not allow me to access my command prompt, so i tried this site which directly gave away the ip address http://www.ip-details.com/
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June 01, 2009
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nate said:

	need help when i type ipconfig it dosent show me the local ip's and all that it just says there is no command for that
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November 06, 2009
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thedaqy said:

	student how do I know default gw ip address server without using the software in windows xp thanks before
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November 30, 2009
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georgio armani said:

	.. thanks a lot man you are the best. you saved me!!!
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January 03, 2010
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tina said:

	... i have ubuntu, but when i hit ifconfig in terminal, under the section "eth0" there is no inet addr... it just skips to UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST and so on. can someone help me please?
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micnasty said:

help
my tried to open cmd and type net view and tracert (user) it gives my a a MSG that say unable to resolve target system name (user)and i cant get it to work if you can find another way to get my step moms ip so i can telnet to her computer so i can mess with here. lol please email me at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

thx.......