10 Ways to Find Your IP Address

29 09 2008

After Kulbir Saini’s frustrated post, I thought I might be able to help people in finding out their IP addresses. So here are 10 nice and simple ways to find out your IP address.

10. Make a list of all possible IP addresses on IIIT network. Then try to SSH to each one of them (Try Remote Desktop if you are on windows ). The one on which you are able to do it successfully is your IP.

9. Fire up your DC client and ask some idiot to download your file-list. Then, when the download begins, ask him to look up your IP address for you.

Update: You do not need to even download the file-list now. Your IP is shown along with your nick in the nick column.

8. SSH to your web or mirage account and then logout. Then SSH again, you will see a line saying something like “Last Login”. Hey, there is your IP address.

7. Run counter-strike and start a new multiplayer game. Then while your game is running, go back to the server menu. You server will be listed there. Choose your server, do right click and choose “View Server Info” . Your IP address will be listed there.

6. Download a file from some FTP server and then rush to its admin room and demand to see the FTP server’s log file. Your IP will be listed among the hundreds of people’s who download from his FTP.

5. Use nmap to port scan one of your friend’s PC who is using Norton Anti Virus or Internet Security. Then wait and watch as Norton successfully blocks intrusion attempts on his PC :P Get your IP from there.

4. E-mail Pentagon that you know the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden. Then wait patiently as they arrive on your doorsteps with an arrest warrant for you. Then you can ask them your IP address in their investigating room.

3. Open up the spam folder in your mailbox. Find out if some mail advertises of a program that blocks malware. With right keywords, you can search for them on the internet too. Go to the site and install their program. Then create a file named “My Bank Accounts.txt” . Write all your bank accounts’ usernames and passwords in there and at the end of the file, write a small note saying that “If you find the above information useful, please inform me of my IP address.” Then pray to God that attacker chooses to pawn your PC.

2. Go to server room and tell them your students id. Explain to them how important it is for you to know your own IP address. Threaten them that right to information is your fundamental right and they can’t deny it. At the end of this painful session, you will be able to know your IP address.

1. Finally, if everything else fails, try attacking our students server or use SMTP to send anonymous mails to students, life and other mailing lists using your own machine. Do this until Saini gets frustrated again and contacts you to find out what the hell are you trying to do. Then ask him your IP address politely. :)

 

P.S.: For those dumbos who still do not know how to find your own IP address, do /sbin/ifconfig in terminal on Linux or ipconfig in command prompt on Windows.


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29 09 2008
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29 09 2008
Kulbir Saini

i hope nobody tries 4,3 and 1 :( Also, I would like to know how you managed write the post. I mean how did you proceed ?

29 09 2008
gaganpreet

Hey.. I would like to thank you for these ways to find my ip address. I followed your post and I found my IP address to be 127.0.0.1! Awesome!

29 09 2008
sanrag

@Kulbir Saini … Actually the idea got into my head while I was in Networks class :P
@Gaganpreet… I am sure none of my method will give 127.0.0.1 :P

29 09 2008
ORB

sweet, me iz gonna try some of teez

29 09 2008
ajay

:D This was a great read :D :D

29 09 2008
Aniket

Heheheh. I can’t figure out how to proceed with any of these methods. Can you tell me some other, simpler method to find out my IP?

29 09 2008
Matěj

@Aniket: Hire some hacker to knock down http://www.whatsmyip.org/ When he will do so, ask him about the IP address of your computer.

30 09 2008
ShArK

I have been spoilt for choice here. But I’m inclined towards choice 1. Choice 2 is decent but the server room is too cold these days(AC’s there are fubar) to stay long enough to argue :)

30 09 2008
Harsh Vardhan

Good to see innovative ways of knowing your IPs.
Few of them should really be given a shot :P !!

30 09 2008
Karan

I am gonna try out 4.. What’s Pentagon’s e-mail id? :P

30 09 2008
ZenWalker

@ ORB, Ajay Somani, Harsh Vardhan …. Thanx :)

@ Aniket.. Surely you can try 10, 4 or 2 :P

@ Shark… Feel free for choice 1… Saini is all waiting :P

@ Karan Try this page.. http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/questions.aspx :P

30 09 2008
^_^

11. Write a flaming comment on saini’s blog .

12. Ping Flood Saini’s ip

And if you are a retard then try these steps :-

1. Take out the LAN wire and do hypnosis to get the ip.

2.Admit ur system to Doctor. House’s Hospital and tell some bullshit about it.

3.Call Barney, he probably knows all the ip address in this world

30 09 2008
Sultan of Samarkand

You don’t find out your IP. Your IP finds you.

30 09 2008
saurabh

nice post….[:)]….it was fun readin dis post…..

30 09 2008
Chand

Me hadz funz reeding thiz post….

30 09 2008
obelix

lol …

1 10 2008
abhimanyu

“You don’t find out your IP. Your IP finds you.”
ROFL…. :D

1 10 2008
Srijan

Awesome..
U know you can even know others ip too..
step 1. go to the lab try out all the ips one by one… after sometime.. Some guy will shout … ” [**********](optional).. 172.**.**.*** ip kisne li hai..”

step 2. forget everything and behave like u din do it.

step 3. repeat step 1,2 till u get the right guy shouting.

1 10 2008
MaVeRiK

@ Sanrag, – Nice one……
@Srijan – Awesome man… u still rock after 2 years of blue creature

1 10 2008
kiLL3r

Nice post dude

1 10 2008
Mohit

hey lemme tell u first i rolled down laughing seeing srijan’s comments… u truly rokk dude :) :D :P

and btw nice innovative post yaar sanrag.. well done :)

1 10 2008
Anshul

Good job Sanrag….. :)
But in the end.. Srijan stole the show!! :P

1 10 2008
Shubham

yeah! .. Srijan still rulez!

btw Nice post man!

6 10 2008
Manish Arora

awesome post dude :)

7 10 2008
Saurabh Barjatiya

13. Send email from outlook, kmail, evolution, etc. and you can see your ip address in mail headers.

14. Use MSN messenger to chat with some friend in US. Type words ‘kill’ and ‘bush’ in one line. Read your IP address in news papers next day. Also pray for your friend.

15. Upload MMS video(You know what I am talking about) on baazi.com. Go to jail. Read your IP address in newspapers.

16. Telnet to any email server on port 25. Type `EHLO ‘ or `HELO <your first name’ and see your ip address. If you dont know how to get out of telnet screen try reboot button on CPU.

17. We missed the most common method of right clicking of network status applet in notification area and choosing `Status’ and then `Support’ tab.

18. If some IP based phone caller supports calling `911′ or ‘100′, one can try that too and explain you need to know your IP address.

10 11 2008
steffan

http://whatismyip.com/

this link will tell you

2 06 2009
Aditya Sood

Hey amazing post …………. could not control laughing …… your brain really seems to be the devil’s playground [:P] ……….. looking forward to more such posts

1 11 2009
Ankit

Truly amazing post……

19. Go to this link http://www.sitewidget.net/2008/11/24/dc-wireless-network-monitor-vista-sidebar/ and download gadget……install it on your system and then add it to your sidebar(windows vista/7 .. haven’t try it for any other OS)…..It will let you know which network you are connected to and what’s your IP Address….

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