How to Find Your iPhone’s IP Address. Your iPhone’s IP address is a string of numbers identifying your phone on the local network. In some cases, it’s useful to know what it is. We’ll show you a quick and easy way to check your iPhone’s private IP address.
Why Find Your iPhone’s IP Address
One major reason you may want to know your iPhone’s IP address is that you’re specifying IP-specific settings on your router, such as setting a static IP address. By finding out what IP your iPhone uses, you can give it certain permissions on your network.
Another reason you may wish to know your phone’s IP is when you have an IP conflict problem. By checking your phone’s IP, you know if it’s causing any issues on the network.
How to Find Your iPhone’s IP Address
The most straightforward way to find your iPhone’s IP address is to go into your settings.
How to Find Your iPhone’s IP Address Manually
- Go into Settings.
- Click on Wi-Fi.
- Scroll down to the lowercase i, which stands for Information, next to the Wi-Fi network you’re connected to currently.
- Scroll down to IPv4 Address. The IP address will be there.1
Another option is to use this IP address lookup tool.
How to Find Your iPhone’s IP Address Without Wi-Fi
To find your iPhone’s IP address, without Wi-Fi, you’ll need to configure a new IP address manually.
- Go into Settings.
- Click on Wi-Fi.
- Scroll to your Wi-Fi network and click the lowercase i in the circle.
- Under IPv4 Address, click Configure IP.
- Click Manual.
- Enter your new IP address.
Public vs. Private
What is the difference between a public and a private IP address? Both demonstrate your network location, but the most obvious difference is that public IP addresses are visible from outside of your device, while private IP addresses are not. So when you use a VPN to change your IP address, it hides your public IP address from view, replacing it with one from the server you’re connected to. On the other hand, a VPN does not hide your private IP address, because it’s already hidden.
FYI: Public IP addresses are also known as “external” IP addresses, while private IP addresses are also known as “internal” IP addresses.
While private IP addresses are used within a network to identify devices (they’re assigned by the network’s router), public IP addresses come from the internet service provider, or ISP. So all of the devices on the same network have the same public IP addresses
How to View Your iPhone’s IP Address
To see the IP address your iPhone has received from your network, you’ll use your phone’s Settings app.
- Start by launching Settings on your iPhone. Then tap the “Wi-Fi” option.
- In the “Wi-Fi” menu, next to your currently-connected wireless network, tap the “i” icon.
- On the network page, next to “IP Address,” you’ll see your iPhone’s current private IP address. This is the string of numbers by which your device is recognized on the network.
- Remember that unless you’ve configured a static IP, your iPhone will almost always acquire a new IP address when it’s connected to a network.
Equally simple as this is checking your iPhone’s MAC address, in case you need more info on your device.
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discussions.apple.com/thread/7792639 - NordVPN. (2021). What is my IP address?
https://nordvpn.com/what-is-my-ip/
