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If you need to check your IP address on the internet, here is how you can find out:
- Go to https://whatismyip.com/ and you on the page a section for IPv4 and/or a section for IPv6
However, if you only see IPv6 showing with the above method, try:
- Go to https://www.ipchicken.com/ and you see your IPv4
Example of IPv4 and IPv6
IPv4 is made up of 4 segments of number divided by a period between each segment and each segment can have up to 3 numbers:
- 0.0.0.0, 168.1.343.2, 1.33.22.332
IPv6 is made up of 8 segments of number and/or alphabet combined divided by a colon between each segment. Each segment contain 4 characters:
- 2001:DE3B:3234:FDED:BB92:33A2:A23W:3D3S
- :: - implies all 8 segments are zero
