To find your IP address on a Windows computer go to Start > Run (You can also use the keyboard short cut windows + "R") - Type "command" or "cmd" in the box that opened up and click OK
You will now see a dos screen (black screen with white text) -Type ipconfig and hit Enter Depending on the number of connections on your pc depends on what information is displayed. In the Image Below you can see I have a Virtual Machine running on my PC, a ethernet connection (wired), and a wireless connection. I have highlighted the connection in Red and highlighted the IP address with Pink. Here is another example with less connections on the PC. You can see that there is just an IP address assigned to the wireless card. If you want to find out more information like your lease time of your IP address or what DNS server you are pointing to you can type in ipconfig /all Just like you did with ipconfig. An IP address is used for routing traffic. You can have a static or a dynamic IP address depending on a few things. Most of the time you will have a dynamic IP address unless you ask for a static or you have a static IP network. Internet Provides will usally charge you for a static IP address. A dynamic IP address is assigned to a network card on the fly. A server hands out an IP address once that device is connected. There is a lease time set on the IP address. Most are set up for 7 or 8 days. Basically what this means is that IP address is assigned to until the lease time expires. If your Pc is not connected when the lease time expires it is available for the next person to request a IP address. If your PC is connected when it expires it renews the lease. I hope you have found this article useful. Other Articles:
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