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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
type="topic" style="task"
id="net-findip">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="net-general"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="net-what-is-ip-address"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.37.3" date="2020-08-05" status="final"/>
<revision version="gnome:42" status="final" date="2022-04-09"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Shaun McCance</name>
<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Jim Campbell</name>
<email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Rafael Fontenelle</name>
<email>rafaelff@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>Knowing your IP address can help you troubleshoot network problems.</desc>
</info>
<title>Find your IP address</title>
<p>Knowing your IP address can help you troubleshoot problems with your
internet connection. You may be surprised to learn that you have <em>two</em>
IP addresses: an IP address for your computer on the internal network and an
IP address for your computer on the internet.</p>
<section id="wired">
<title>Find your wired connection’s internal (network) IP address</title>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
start typing <gui>Settings</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Settings</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Network</gui> in the sidebar to open the panel.</p>
<note style="info">
<p its:locNote="TRANSLATORS: See NetworkManager for 'PCI', 'USB' and 'Ethernet'">
If more than one type of wired connected is available, you might see
names like <gui>PCI Ethernet</gui> or <gui>USB Ethernet</gui> instead
of <gui>Wired</gui>.</p>
</note>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click the
<media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/emblem-system-symbolic.svg"><span its:translate="yes">settings</span></media>
button next to the active connection for the IP address and other details.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
<section id="wireless">
<title>Find your wireless connection’s internal (network) IP address</title>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
start typing <gui>Settings</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Settings</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Wi-Fi</gui> in the sidebar to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click the
<media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/emblem-system-symbolic.svg"><span its:translate="yes">settings</span></media>
button next to the active connection for the IP address and other details.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
<section id="external">
<title>Find your external (internet) IP address</title>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Visit
<link href="https://whatismyipaddress.com/">whatismyipaddress.com</link>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>The site will display your external IP address for you.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>Depending on how your computer connects to the internet, the internal and
external addresses may be the same.</p>
</section>
</page>
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