How To Check My Computer IP Address?

After too many login attempts, your IP address is blocked to access a certain website. To get assistance from technical support the IP, you are often asked to provide your computer IP.

There are various way to get the IP address, the most easier way is:

Go to google search "what is my ip"



Or visit the following sites for answer:

• whatismyipaddress.com
• whatismyip.com
• iplocation.net

What is an IP address?

"192.168.1.1" IP stands for internet protocol, it is used to communicate packets of data across a network.

In a simple word, we use home address to deliver postal mail, IP for internet data. IP address is used in computer, tablet, mobile, printer, and more. For example, James require peter housing address to send out a postal mail, on the other hand James computer need to identify Peter computer IP to send out email



The difference between public and private IP
External IP / Public IP = any valid IP address can be accessed over the Internet
Private IP / Local IP = accessible only within the Local Area Network

How to find my external IP?
- Go to Google and search "What is my IP address"


How to find my internal IP?
- Go to window command prompt - click windows start button > search cmd > "ipconfig"


Type of IP address class

Class	Address Range	Supports
Class A	1.0.0.1 to 126.255.255.254	Up to 16 million hosts on each of 127 networks.
Class B	128.1.0.1 to 191.255.255.254	Up to 65,000 hosts on each of 16,000 networks.
Class C	192.0.1.1 to 223.255.254.254	Up to 254 hosts on each of 2 million networks.
Class D	224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255	Reserved for multicast groups.
Class E	240.0.0.0 to 254.255.255.254	Reserved for future use, or Research and Development Purposes.