How can you find your local ip address from command prompt

• In Command Prompt, enter ipconfig. You’ll see your IP address next to the IPv4 Address. • In Command Prompt, enter ipconfig /all. You’ll see more detailed information in addition to your IP address. This article shows you how to use Command Prompt on your Windows computer to obtain your IP address. Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi: Connection-specific DNS Suffix .: lan.ourhost.net IPv6 Address....................: fd21:9dl7:c305:5:cld3:ca26:flc Temporary IPv6 Address..........: fd21:9dl7:c305:5:4d83:8a05:5ef4 Link-local IPv6 Address.........: fe80::cld3:ca36:flc:bd0c%24 IPv4 Address....................: 192.176.2.143 Subnet Mask.....................: 255.355.455.0 Default Gateway.................: 192.176.2.1

The following works for me on 10.8 and on 10.10 Yosemite. ifconfig | grep "inet " | grep -Fv 127.0.0.1 | awk ' main You can do the following: Type ifconfig or ifconfig -a. This command shows you the list of interfaces along with their IP and MAC addresses (the latter one only if applicable). You can also type ifconfig en0 or ifconfig en1 for the configuration of a particular interface only (as someone said in their answers, en0 is typically the wired Ethernet while en1 is the WiFi interface). As an alternative, netstat -i will list all interfaces and will show you the IP addresses you have assigned to each of them. Typically, when you have SSH daemon running on a box, it will listen on all available interfaces, ie. you can use any IP address that's configured on your machine to connect to that machine via SSH (this, obviously, subject to Firewall rules). If you're after what the OS calls a Primary interface and primary IP address, you can use the scutil command like this: MacBook:~ scutil > show State:/Network/Global/IPv4 Please note, that the above, even though is a command-line command, is also interactive (so you run scutil and then enter its own commands into it). The first show command tells you the name of the primary interface for the OS (i.e. this will be the one on top of the list in your System Preferences / Network Preferences window), as well as the IP address of your default router. The second show command takes State:/Network/Interface//IPv4 argument (in th...

Written By Harris Andrea As Network Engineers we need to be versatile and troubleshooting-savvy in our work environment. In addition to having strong knowledge of networking protocols and commands on network devices (routers, switches, firewalls etc) we need also to have very good knowledge of IP and other networking related commands on end-point devices such as Windows computers, Linux servers and workstations etc. In this article we’ll list and describe the most useful and helpful IP Commands on Windows operating system. Most of these commands (with some exceptions and variations) are also available on Linux OS. I have found myself thousands of times to start troubleshooting network and connectivity problems from an end-point device first (computer, server etc) before moving on to the actual core network devices for further investigation. Having knowledge of the following IP commands will add a strong array of resources in your troubleshooting arsenal. At the end of this post you will find a download link for the PDF version of this article with all the commands which you can download for your own use. Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • Windows IP Commands Let’s now examine the most popular Windows CMD commands (from the DOS prompt) that are related to networking etc: ipconfig command This is one of the most useful IP commands on Windows. It displays tons of useful information about the current network settings on the machine such as IPv4 and IPv6 address of all network...

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14.9K The first step of troubleshooting any network problem is by pinging the Find IP Address of Other Devices on Your Network In this article, we would be dealing with ways to find the private IP address of the devices. The public IP address of all the devices within the same network remains the same i.e. the IP address of your router. In case you don’t know, public and private IP address, it’s fairly simple. We have a detailed article on the difference between Public and Private IP and How To Find IP Addresses on Windows 10 1. Command Prompt The simplest way to find all the IP addresses in Windows 10 is via the command prompt. To open the command prompt, type “cmd” on the Start menu. When you see the command prompt, right-click on it and click on “ Run as Administrator”. 2. Third-Party App In case you are not good with the command-line, you can use a third-party app like As soon as you open the app, it will start scanning your network. After some time, it’ll list up the active connections. As you can see in the following screenshot, it only not only lists the IP address but also presents other relevant information like MAC Address, Device Name, Network Adapter, etc. Read: How To Find IP Addresses on Ubuntu/Linux 1. Command Line If you are working with Ubuntu or any Linux-based OS, it’s pretty straight-forward to find IP addresses via the command line. We will use the “arp” command-line utility for this purpose. Foremost, we need to open the terminal in order to run the c...

• tracert command. • IP addresses that appear before the router's IP are network hardware devices sitting between the computer and the router. • Match the IP addresses with the hardware in your network. Before you can troubleshoot most network or internet connection issues, you need to know the IP addresses assigned to the hardware devices in your network. Instructions in this article apply to Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7. • When the command is complete, and the prompt appears, a message similar to Tracing route to 192.168.1.1 over a maximum of 30 hops displays with a separate line for each piece of hardware sitting between your computer and the router. For example, the first line might read: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms testwifi.here [192.168.86.1] The second line could say: 2 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 IP addresses that appear before the router's IP is a piece of network hardware sitting between your computer and the router. If you see more than one IP address before the router's IP address, there's more than one network device between your computer and the router. If you see only the router's IP address, you don't have any managed network hardware between your computer and the router, though you might have simple devices like hubs and unmanaged switches.

Chris Hoffman Editor-in-Chief Chris Hoffman is Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. He's written about technology for over a decade and was a PCWorld columnist for two years. Chris has written for The New York Times and Reader's Digest, been interviewed as a technology expert on TV stations like Miami's NBC 6, and had his work covered by news outlets like the BBC. Since 2011, Chris has written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times---and that's just here at How-To Geek. Justin Duino Reviews Director Justin Duino is the Reviews Director at How-To Geek (and LifeSavvy Media as a whole). He has spent the last decade writing about Android, smartphones, and other mobile technology. In addition to his written work, he has also been a regular guest commentator on CBS News and BBC World News and Radio to discuss current events in the technology industry. and Lowell Heddings Founder and CEO Lowell is the founder and CEO of How-To Geek. He’s been running the show since creating the site back in 2006. Over the last decade, Lowell has personally written more than 1000 articles which have been viewed by over 250 million people. Prior to starting How-To Geek, Lowell spent 15 years working in IT doing consulting, cybersecurity, database management, and programming work. On Windows, open Command Prompt, run “ipconfig” and look at the IP next to “Default Gateway” to find your router’s IP address. On Mac, open System Preferences, navigate to Network > Adv...

• tracert command. • IP addresses that appear before the router's IP are network hardware devices sitting between the computer and the router. • Match the IP addresses with the hardware in your network. Before you can troubleshoot most network or internet connection issues, you need to know the IP addresses assigned to the hardware devices in your network. Instructions in this article apply to Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7. • When the command is complete, and the prompt appears, a message similar to Tracing route to 192.168.1.1 over a maximum of 30 hops displays with a separate line for each piece of hardware sitting between your computer and the router. For example, the first line might read: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms testwifi.here [192.168.86.1] The second line could say: 2 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 IP addresses that appear before the router's IP is a piece of network hardware sitting between your computer and the router. If you see more than one IP address before the router's IP address, there's more than one network device between your computer and the router. If you see only the router's IP address, you don't have any managed network hardware between your computer and the router, though you might have simple devices like hubs and unmanaged switches.

The following works for me on 10.8 and on 10.10 Yosemite. ifconfig | grep "inet " | grep -Fv 127.0.0.1 | awk ' main You can do the following: Type ifconfig or ifconfig -a. This command shows you the list of interfaces along with their IP and MAC addresses (the latter one only if applicable). You can also type ifconfig en0 or ifconfig en1 for the configuration of a particular interface only (as someone said in their answers, en0 is typically the wired Ethernet while en1 is the WiFi interface). As an alternative, netstat -i will list all interfaces and will show you the IP addresses you have assigned to each of them. Typically, when you have SSH daemon running on a box, it will listen on all available interfaces, ie. you can use any IP address that's configured on your machine to connect to that machine via SSH (this, obviously, subject to Firewall rules). If you're after what the OS calls a Primary interface and primary IP address, you can use the scutil command like this: MacBook:~ scutil > show State:/Network/Global/IPv4 Please note, that the above, even though is a command-line command, is also interactive (so you run scutil and then enter its own commands into it). The first show command tells you the name of the primary interface for the OS (i.e. this will be the one on top of the list in your System Preferences / Network Preferences window), as well as the IP address of your default router. The second show command takes State:/Network/Interface//IPv4 argument (in th...

Written By Harris Andrea As Network Engineers we need to be versatile and troubleshooting-savvy in our work environment. In addition to having strong knowledge of networking protocols and commands on network devices (routers, switches, firewalls etc) we need also to have very good knowledge of IP and other networking related commands on end-point devices such as Windows computers, Linux servers and workstations etc. In this article we’ll list and describe the most useful and helpful IP Commands on Windows operating system. Most of these commands (with some exceptions and variations) are also available on Linux OS. I have found myself thousands of times to start troubleshooting network and connectivity problems from an end-point device first (computer, server etc) before moving on to the actual core network devices for further investigation. Having knowledge of the following IP commands will add a strong array of resources in your troubleshooting arsenal. At the end of this post you will find a download link for the PDF version of this article with all the commands which you can download for your own use. Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • Windows IP Commands Let’s now examine the most popular Windows CMD commands (from the DOS prompt) that are related to networking etc: ipconfig command This is one of the most useful IP commands on Windows. It displays tons of useful information about the current network settings on the machine such as IPv4 and IPv6 address of all network...