How to Find Private and Public IP Address of Your Windows 10 PC


An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is used to identify computers on the Internet and network. IP addresses can be either public or private.

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 with no 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 network. 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.

This tutorial will show you different ways on how to find the private and public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of your Windows 10 PC.

Contents

• Option One: To Find Your IP Address in Settings
• Option Two: To Find Your IP Address in Network Connections
• Option Three: To Find Your IP Address in Task Manager
• Option Four: To Find Your IP Address in Command Prompt
• Option Five: To Find Your IP Address in PowerShell
• Option Six: To Find Your Public IP Address using Google

OPTION ONE

To Find Your IP Address in Settings

1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Network & Internet icon.

2 Click/tap on Ethernet or Wi-Fi on the left side for the network connection you have, and click/tap on the your connected network on the right side. (see screenshots below)

3 You will now see the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. (see screenshots below)

The IP addresses of an Ethernet connection will not be available if you have created a Hyper-V virtual switch with this Ethernet connection.

OPTION TWO

To Find Your IP Address in Network Connections

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

2 Click/tap on the Change adapter settings link on the left side. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on your current network connection. (see screenshot below)

4 Click/tap on the Details button. (see screenshots below)

5 You will now see the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. (see screenshots below)

OPTION THREE

To Find Your IP Address in Task Manager

1 Open Task Manager.

2 Click/tap on the Performance tab, and click/tap on Ethernet or Wi-Fi on the left side for the network connection you have. (see screenshots below)

3 You will now see the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. (see screenshots below)

OPTION FOUR

To Find Your IP Address in Command Prompt

1 Open a command prompt.

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

3 You will now see the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of all network adapters on your PC. (see screenshots below)

OPTION FIVE

To Find Your IP Address in PowerShell

1 Open PowerShell.

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

gip

or

Get-NetIPConfiguration

3 You will now see the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of all network adapters on your PC. (see screenshots below)

OPTION SIX

To Find Your Public IP Address using Google

1 Go to www.google.com in your web browser.

2 Type what is my IP in the Google search bar, and press Enter.

3 You will now see your public IP address. (see screenshot below)

That's it,
Shawn

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