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      id="net-findip">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="net-general"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="net-what-is-ip-address"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-20" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

    <desc>Knowing your IP address can help you troubleshoot network problems.</desc>
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  </info>

  <title>Find your IP address</title>

  <p>Knowing your IP address can help you troubleshoot problems with your internet connection. You may be surprised to learn that you have <em>two</em> IP addresses: an IP address for your computer on the internal network and an IP address for your computer on the internet.</p>

  <steps>
    <title>Find your internal (network) IP address</title>
    <item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
    <item><p>Open <gui>Network</gui> and select <gui>Wired</gui> or <gui>Wireless</gui> from the list on the left, depending on which network connection you want to find the IP address for.</p></item>
    <item><p>Your internal IP address will be displayed in the list of information.</p></item>
  </steps>

  <steps>
  	<title>Find your external (internet) IP address</title>
    <item><p>Visit <link href="http://whatismyipaddress.com/">whatismyipaddress.com</link>.</p></item>
    <item><p>The site will display your external IP address for you.</p></item>
  </steps>

<p>Depending on how your computer connects to the internet, these addresses may be the same.</p>

</page>