Now that you know what an IP address is and how to find yours, you can decide for yourself if you want to use a VPN service to mask your traffic and gain a bit more privacy online.

Your public IP address is a string of four numbers (for most folks, anyway – unless you’ve moved to IPv6) and is the way in which your device can be located on the internet.

Underneath the IPV4 Address heading, it will have your IP address in full, as well as the Subnet Mask and specific router information. The process is identical for Android phones.

To find your public IP address, simply type “What is my IP” into a search engine. The search results will usually display special websites that can give you this information with a single click.

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Let's say you have an IP address scheme of 192.168.1.1 that's assigned, dynamically, by your router. You might want to give a computer with an associated share the address 192.168.1.101.