What is My IP Address

If you need to check your IP address on the internet:

• Go to https://whatismyip.com/ and you on the page a section for IPv4 address and/or a section for IPv6 address

However, if you only see IPv6 address showing with the above method and you need IPv4 address, try:

• Go to https://www.ipchicken.com/ and you will see your IPv4 address

Example of IPv4 and IPv6

IPv4 address is made up of 4 segments of number separated by a period. Each segment can have up to 3 numbers as such:

• 0.0.0.0
• 168.1.343.2
• 1.33.22.332

IPv6 address is made up of 8 segments of number and/or alphabet combined separated by a colon. Each segment contain 4 characters as such:

• 2001:DE3B:8888:FDED:BBBB:33A2:A23W:3D3S
• :: - implies all 8 segments are zero
• ::332D:MX64 - implies first six segments are zero
• PO04:QW12:97ZA:: - implies last five segments are zero
• YT88:2VR9::KEC7:109L - implies the middle segments are zero