Network and Internet Find Your IP Address on Windows 11 PC


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This tutorial will show you how to find the private and public IPv4 and IPv6 address of your Windows 11 PC.

An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique address that identifies a device on the internet or a local network.

Your computer will have IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Your computer will have public (external) and private (internal/local) IP addresses.
  • A public IP address is a unique address provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider) to identify your local network on the Internet. If your computer is connected directly to the Internet without a router sitting in-between, your computer’s IP address is a public IP address.
  • A private IP address is assigned by your router to a PC or device on your local area network (LAN). When a computer is assigned a private IP address, the other devices on the local network sees this computer via its private IP address. A private IP address can not be directly reached from the internet.
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Contents

  • Option One: Find Your Private (local) IPv4 and IPv6 Address in Settings
  • Option Two: Find Your Private (local) IPv4 and IPv6 Address in Control Panel
  • Option Three: Find Your Private (local) IPv4 and IPv6 Address in Task Manager
  • Option Four: Find Your Private (local) IPv4 and IPv6 Address using ipconfig Command
  • Option Five: Find Your Private (local) IPv4 and IPv6 Address in PowerShell
  • Option Six: Find Your Public IPv4 or IPv6 Address in Command Prompt
  • Option Seven: Find Your Public IPv4 or IPv6 Address in PowerShell
  • Option Eight: Find Your Public IPv4 and IPv6 Address using ip4.me and ip6.me




Option One

Find Your Private (local) IPv4 and IPv6 Address in Settings


1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Network & internet on the left side, and click/tap on Properties for the connected network you want. (see screenshot below)


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3 You will now see the private (local) IPv4 address and IPv6 address for this network. (see screenshots below)

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Option Two

Find Your Private (local) IPv4 and IPv6 Address in Control Panel


1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Network and Sharing Center icon.

2 In Network and Sharing Center, click/tap on the network connection link next to Connections you want to know its IP address. (see screenshot below)

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3 Click/tap Details. (see screenshots below)

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4 You will now see the private (local) IPv4 address and IPv6 address for this network. (see screenshots below)

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Option Three

Find Your Private (local) IPv4 and IPv6 Address in Task Manager


1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).

2 Click/tap on the Performance tab. (see screenshots below)

3 Click/tap on the network (ex: "Wi-Fi" or "Ethernet") you want to know its IP address.

4 You will now see the private (local) IPv4 address and IPv6 address for this network.

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Option Four

Find Your Private (local) IPv4 and IPv6 Address using ipconfig Command


1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.

2 Copy and paste the ipconfig /all command into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

3 You will now see the private (local) IPv4 address and IPv6 address for each connected network.

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Option Five

Find Your Private (local) IPv4 and IPv6 Address in PowerShell


1 Open Windows Terminal, and select Windows PowerShell.

2 Copy and paste the Get-NetIPConfiguration command into Windows PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

3 You will now see the private (local) IPv4 address and IPv6 address for each connected network.

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Option Six

Find Your Public IPv4 or IPv6 Address in Command Prompt


1 Open Windows Terminal, and select Command Prompt.

2 Copy and paste the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

curl ifconfig.me

3 You will now see your public IPv4 address or IPv6 address.

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Option Seven

Find Your Public IPv4 or IPv6 Address in PowerShell


1 Open Windows Terminal, and select Windows PowerShell.

2 Copy and paste the command below into Windows PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

(Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -URI ifconfig.me ).Content

3 You will now see your public IPv4 address or IPv6 address.

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Option Eight

Find Your Public IPv4 and IPv6 Address using ip4.me and ip6.me


1 Go to the What is my IPv4 Address? and What is my IPv6 Address? sites to see your public IPv4 and IPv6 address.

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That's it,
Shawn Brink


 

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