How to Get Network Adapter IP Address using PowerShell

To get the network adapter IP address using PowerShell, use the Get-NetIPAddress cmdlet. The Get-NetIPAddress command gets the IP address configuration such as IPv4 addresses, IPv6, subnet mask, default gateway, and other information about an IP address.

In this article, we will discuss how to get the network adapter IP address using the PowerShell Get-NetIPAddress command and get the IP address for the specific network adapter.

How to Get the IP addresses for All Network Adapters on a Computer

The Get-NetIPAddress cmdlet in PowerShell can be used to get the IP addresses for all network adapters on a system.

Get-NetIPAddress | Format-Table

In the above PowerShell script, the Get-NetIPAddress command returns a list of objects, each of which represents an IP address. Each object has properties such as Interfacealias, IPAddress, SubnetMask, DefaultGateway, etc…

PS C:\> Get-NetIPAddress | Format-Table

ifIndex IPAddress       PrefixLength PrefixOrigin SuffixOrigin AddressState                                                                                                           
------- ---------       ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------
1       ::1             128 WellKnown    WellKnown    Preferred 
9       169.254.13.183  16 WellKnown    Link         Tentative
22      172.27.23.061   28 Manual       Manual       Preferred 
11      192.168.131.5   24 Manual       Manual       Tentative
11      169.254.0.144   16 WellKnown    Link         Tentative
12      169.254.54.89   16 WellKnown    Link         Tentative
20      169.254.224.112 16 WellKnown    Link         Tentative
5       192.168.1.103   24 Dhcp         Dhcp         Preferred
1       127.0.0.1       8 WellKnown    WellKnown    Preferred

How to Get the IP Address for the Specific Network Adapter using PowerShell

To get the IP address for the specific network adapter named “Ethernet” using PowerShell, use the Get-NetIPAddress command with -InterfaceAlias parameter to specify the name network adapter name.

Get-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet

The output of the above PowerShell script to find the IP address of the Ethernet network adapter is displayed with all IP configuration details.

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Conclusion

I hope the above article on how to get the IP address of the network adapter using the PowerShell Get-NetIPAddress cmdlet is helpful to you.

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