In my pc's network sharing center, there's wifi, ethernet, vpn, dial-up connection.
If I type ipconfig to checkout my ip address, it lists all kinds of address info separated by all kinds of adapters:
I'm totally confused:
If I want to see my ip address, how do I know which one is the correct one? e.g. I'm using wifi and connect to vpn.
You have several IP addresses – each connection has its own, of course, and all of them are "correct" depending on what you need them for.
While ipconfig might not explicitly tell you which address would be the 'main' one, looking for "Default gateway" is a good guess – especially when only one is listed. (route print might show more information, though.)
The "PPP" adapter is likely to be your VPN connection (PPTP or PPPoE). Its IP addresses are 10.129.36.22 (IPv4, PtP, internal) and fdeb:9fb2:4cb8:e47c::ac3 (IPv6, PtP, internal). It's also the only interface that lists a "default gateway", so it's likely going to be the 'default' address used when you connect somewhere.
The "Wi-Fi" adapter describes the underlying wireless connection. Its IP address is 192.168.1.12 (IPv4, /24, internal). That's the address used to reach the VPN server itself.
There are two virtual network interfaces created by VMware for use with virtual machines. One has the IP address 192.168.20.1, the other has 192.168.195.1 (both IPv4, /24, and obviously internal).
I will attempt to explain what all of that mumbo jumbo is, this way you will understand it. First off you IP address. Let me ask why you need thextra IP. By answering why you need it, then I will be able to give you the correct response. To explain. Your actual IP address is dynamic which means it changes, this would be the IP address from your ISP to your home, kinda like your street address, but this one changes quite often. You could make it stay the same (static) but we will safe that for another day. You can find this address typically by looking in your router.rarely will you get it from ipconfig. Those IP addresses are the addresses if each device you have connected to your home network 192.168.1.1 would be Your access point (router)all the way up to 192.168.1.225 . The finstructions block of information appears to bleave your IP the 10.129.36.22 that most likely is the VPN IP address as I checked on my system and it shows the internal IP the 192.168.1.1. All of those groups listed are adapters that allow different types of connections to opt Internet. For example the ETHERNET is when you plug directly into the modem. The LAN is a local area connection usually like a network within a network.
The ETHERNET VMWARE all that say VMWARE are adapters that is specific to VMWARE.
Your Wireless LAN wifi is your wifi connection.
The one that has BLUETOOTH in the name is your Bluetooth wireless adapter and is specific for that protocol.
The bottom ones that contain the TUNNEL are just that. Briefly, in order for IPV4 and IPV6 and some other, "protocols to work together the must tunnel through in order to make a secure connection.
As you become more familiar with making changes to your network, you will get to understand them better. You can also when feeling interested type them into your address bar and read the search results.
Also a simple way to find out the real IP address you on on is to type onto the address bar "what is my IP address" it will come up just verify the info. Like you ISP and so on.
I hope that helps you. I am on mobile so if there is bad spelling and grammar I apologize. It is a tiny screen. Lol
IPv4 Adress : 192.168.1.12 <- the number is your ip
tracertto see this address.