You may be wondering “why would I need to find my router’s IP address?”. Private IP addresses cannot be seen by the outside world (unless you have nosy neighbors trying to hack your wireless) because your router performs a function called Network Address Translation (NAT.) NAT converts private IP addresses to public IP addresses. This is the external IP address that is logged by servers when you visit a website. Your public IP address is an address provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) that can be seen over the internet once any traffic leaves your home network. Every device that connects to your router is then given a unique private IP address. A private IP address is an internal address that your home router broadcasts and devices in your home connect to. Did you know you have more than one IP address? You have a private IP address and a public IP address.
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