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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 and/or a section for IPv6
However, if you only see IPv6 showing with the above method and you need IPv4, 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 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 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
