How do I find my IP Address?

Windows XP

1. Click on your start menu
2. Click Run, type "cmd" without the quotes and click OK
3. Once you are at the command prompt type "ipconfig" with out the quotes again. Then press enter on your keyboard
4. It should output text that looks like this:

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6593:8431:67a5:e90e%11
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

5. Its possible you have more than one Ethernet adapters or even a wireless network adapter. Please select the one you wish you use by reading the following lines:

  IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
  Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

6. Type these into Node Discovery and click the Start button

Windows 7

1. Click on your start menu
2. Type "cmd" without the quotes into the search bar and click on cmd.exe
3. Once you are at the command prompt type "ipconfig" with out the quotes again. Then press enter on your keyboard
4. It should output text that looks like this:

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6593:8431:67a5:e90e%11
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

5. Its possible you have more than one Ethernet adapters or even a wireless network adapter. Please select the one you wish you use by reading the following lines:

  IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
  Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

6. Type these into Node Discovery and click the Start button

Apple OSX

1. Click on the Apple Icon on the upper left hand corner of the screen.
2. Slick on system Preferences
3. Click Network
4. If you're connected it will show you your IP Address and Subnet on the right hand section of the window

Linux

1. Open a terminal window
2. Type "ip addr show" without the quotes
3. You'll get an output like this:

eth0:  mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
link/ether b8:ac:6f:65:31:e5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.0.2/24 brd 192.168.2.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::baac:6fff:fe75:30f5/64 scope link
   valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

4. You are looking for this line

inet 192.168.0.2/24

5. 192.168.0.2 is your IP Address and the /24 is the CIDR notation for Subnet Masks. In CIDR /24 represents 255.255.255.0
6. Type those into Node Discovery and click Start

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