Question No Wireless LAN adapter/ Can't find local IP address...

[peypeyozzy]

Hello! So I am fairly new to networking in general and when I looked in my IP config I noticed that there was no "Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection" even shown. Although I can connect to WiFi through a USB, I wasn't available to find my local IP address. So I was wondering if it was possible to get some help on this. Thank you!!!

When I type ipconfig;

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Ethernet adapter Ethernet 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Ethernet adapter Npcap Loopback Adapter:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b430:797b:f71f:628e%5
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.98.142
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 1:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::109a:9bea:f5e5:61b9%11
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.130.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e15e:3935:aceb:9802%7
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.190.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7555:8485:135b:6c10%2
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1

 

[jimmysmitty]

Well you have a few interesting points there. You have to VMWare based adapters, those are the 192.168. The very last one is a WiFi adapter that shows the 10.0.0.2 IP.

However those are all Local IP addresses to whatever devices they are and are typically provided by your router/DHCP server. Then there is your Public IP which is the IP provided by your ISP.

 

[peypeyozzy]

Well you have a few interesting points there. You have to VMWare based adapters, those are the 192.168. The very last one is a WiFi adapter that shows the 10.0.0.2 IP.

However those are all Local IP addresses to whatever devices they are and are typically provided by your router/DHCP server. Then there is your Public IP which is the IP provided by your ISP.

Thank you . . . but when I look in my device list on the at&t ip, I can't seem to find my personal computer or at least a correlating IP to my computer and that list.