How To Find IP Address of Laptop Computer, Smartphone or Tablate

In this tutorial i will tell you how to find your IP address of Laptop, PC, Smartphone, Tablet. Before starting how to find IP address of all these let's explain Whay is IP address.

An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device (e.g., computer, printer) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address is the number which makes a device identifiable on a network. Compters, network printers, smartphones, tablets, media streamers and all other devices on your home network have an address in the format 192.168.1.10.

The first two numbers should always be the same for home networks, but the third may be

different depending on your router. Some use 1, some use 2, and some use 0. The final number is the unique number of the connected device, ranging from 0 to 255.

How to Find Your IP Address in Laptops or Computer

Open the Command Prompt. There are two ways to open Command prompt :

In the Start menu (or start screen in Windows 8) type cmd.exe and press Enter.Press Start Button and hold it then press 'R'. Then a window will open, type cmd and press ok

This will launch Command Prompt - a black window like the one below. We're using Windows 7 here, but it's basically the same in previous versions of Windows.

Make sure you click on this new Window and then type ipconfig and press Enter as below.

What you'll see is a load of information about your computer's network adapters. In the screen below you can see the IPv4 address is 192.168.3.40. This is the

computer's IP address. The Default Gateway is the router to which the computer is connected, and its address is 192.168.3.1.

If you need extra details such as the network adapter's physical address (also known as the MAC address), then type 'ipconfig /all' (without the quotes) at the prompt

and press Enter. The physical address of our laptop's Ethernet adaptor is F0-4D-A2-DE-41-B5:

How to Find IP address of Your Android Smartphone or Tablet

To check IP address on android devices generally differ depending on the manufacturer and the modifications they've made to Android. Generally speaking, you should go to Settings, then Wi-Fi, and then tap on the name of the network to which you're connected.

On my HTC smartphone, it looks like this:

How to Find IP Address of Your Broadband

If you need to know your 'external' IP address, which is the address you might need to use to connect to your router or other home networking kit remotely (i.e. when

not at home) then you can simply go to www.whatsmyip.org from any computer on your home network. The website will show the IP address which your internet

service provider has assigned to you. Keep in mind that this external IP address will change from time to time unless you pay for a static (fixed) IP address.

How to Find IP Address of Your iPhone or iPad

First, tap on the Settings app, then on Wi-Fi. You will obviously need to be connected to a router or access point to have an IP address.

So, tap on the 'i' to the right of the network to which your device is connected and you will see its IP address, along with your router's IP address.