How to find your ip address on a mac computer
Jul 12, 2012, by admin
Use Finder to open the applications folder, then Utilities, then terminal. When the terminal window opens, and the prompt appears, type “ifconfig”, then press return. The IP addresses will appear on the lines that start with “inet”. Shortcut : Press Command + Space bar and type “terminal” into spotlight then return and type “Ifconfig” into the terminal and press enter.
System Preferences Method
1.Go to Finder.
2.Click Applications.
3.Select System Preferences.
4.Click Network. This should be on the third row.
5.Find your IP address. If you’re connected to the Internet, the Network window will tell you so in the upper-right corner. Your IP address should be listed directly under your connection status, in smaller print.
About This Mac Method
1.Click the Apple in the upper-left corner of the screen.
2.Select About This Mac.
3.Click More Info.
4.Select Network on the bar to the left.
5.Find your IP address. It will be in the upper-right portion of the screen.
Terminal Method
1.Go to Finder.
2.Open the Applications folder.
3.Click Utilities.
4.Open a terminal window. Here, you can enter commands that are not on a menu.
5.In the terminal window, type “ifconfig” and hit return.
6.Read the IP address. In the output, there will be lines that include inet x.x.x.x netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast a.b.c.d The IP address of the interface is the four numbers denoted by x.x.x.x in the lines described above.
There may be a line that says inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 This is the loopback interface, and always uses the IP address 127.0.0.1
7.Alternatively, in Terminal, type “netstat -p tcp” and hit return. This should return far fewer lines of text so you don’t have to search too much for the information.
