Finding your IP address

Find your Device's IP Address

When your device connects to a network, it gets assigned a private IP address so that it can communicate with network itself (not with the full internet). Here's how to find that private IP address:

• Windows: follow Microsoft's instructions to locate your device's IP address (link opens in a new window)
• macOS 11-12:
  1. From the Apple Menu, select System Preferences
  2. Click on Network
  3. Click the Advanced button in the lower left corner
  4. Select the TCP/IP tab to view your IPv4 address
• macOS 13-14:
  1. From the Apple Menu, select System Settings
  2. Search for IPv4
  3. Select the IPv4 Network result to view your IPv4 address

Find your Public IP Address

If ITS asks you for this information, we typically need your Public IPv4 address when we need to know your Public IP address. The easiest way to find that is to Google "What's my IP Address" and Google will tell you, though it may tell you a much longer IPv6 address, so you may have to click into the results to see your IPv4 address.

• One standard service for checking your IPv4 address is WhatsMyIPAddress.com