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There are a lot ways to do this. We are going to talk about two of them.
First one is more for the Terminal/Console people and of course the fastest one. You need to open Terminal application (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) or other console type application like iTerm. Execute this line:
ifconfig | grep "inet " | grep -v "127.0.0.1" | cut -d" " -f 2
It is going to print IP address of your machine. Remember this IP address is going to be the one that gives your switch/router if you have one otherwise it is going to be your IP that ISP gave you.
The second way is for people who wants to use GUI approach. Open "System Preferences" on "internet & Wireless" section select "Network". Now in the left side select your active connection (should have a green indicator). Now near the "Status: Connected" is going to written your IP. If you don't see the IP press "Advanced" and choose "TCP/IP" tab in "IPv4 Address" field will be your IP.
What else can I help you with?
Why can a router have a single mac address but many IP address?
The Router only has one M.A.C Address and One IP Address But, the Router can have many Connections ( Devices using the network ) That may shoe up as their IP Addresses. But the Router only Has One IP Address
Which fields of the IPv4 header change from router to router and why they change?
IP address remains the same. Mac address changes from router to router.
Can you say that router is a bridge?
no a bridge does not use a IP address, it uses MAC address', rousters or layer 3 uses ip address.
Can routers to get info out of other computers?
Router can get your MAC address, IP address and computer name.
What the use of MAC address if you have IP address?
A MAC address is useful if you want the router to always provide the same IP address to the same network interface, or if you want to provide a service, such as a PXE boot image, to a specific computer regardless of its IP address.
Which device makes traffic forwarding decisions based on mac address?
A switch uses MAC address to forward frames while a router uses IP addresses.
Are IP address' assigned to the router or the location of the router?
the router is assigned an ip address.
How do you find your ip address on a mac?
Just search "My Ip Address". Its as easy as that!
Changed the ip address on your belkin n1 router and now cant access settings can anyone help?
If you have changed DHCP ip range, the ip address for your router has changed too. You can find your router ip address in your wireless adapter information.
Why router needs mac address?
the tcp/ip frame uses the ip address to send messages between devices (computers, printers, etc) on your network. This frame is inside an ethernet frame on the network layer. The ethernet layer does not use ip addresses at all, they use mac addresses. For an ethernet frame to travel through a router, it needs a mac address. Your router actually does not need an ip address. It will respond to broadcasts. In fact sometimes it won't answer to tcp/ip requests. Its job is to deliver the datagram to its destination more than it is to answer you (your computer that is). So sometimes a router will not answer a ping, but a computer on the other side of the router will answer even if there are several router in the path.
How do you find the original address of an ip address?
It is unclear what you mean by 'original address'. If you mean the "Real" IP address for the "Internet" then one place would be on the Router under "Status" or something similar, or on the network settings on the computer on a Windows machine, not sure if you can find it on a Mac with out the console.
In an IPv4 environment what information is used by the router to forward data packets from one interface of a router to another?
It uses the MAC address, Media Access Control. Every packet sent from a computer contains its MAC address. The router stores this in its routing table. When it receives a packet with a destiation address of that MAC address, then it forwards it to that computer. This is called NAT, Network Address Translation. It uses the Destination IP address
