How to Check IP Address on Ubuntu 18.04 (Desktop)

Question – How to Find Local IP Address of My Ubuntu Desktop system? 2 Ways to find IP Address on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop?

Ubuntu 18.04 desktop provides an attractive GUI for working with it. You can either use the command prompt to check the current IP address on your system or use GUI option to view local IP address on your system.

Follow this tutorial to configure new IP on Ubuntu 18.04 desktop system.

Method 1 – Ubuntu 18.04 Check IP via GUI

Login to your Ubuntu Desktop system. After that open settings windows on your Ubuntu Desktop machine as showing in below screen.

In left sidebar click on Network tab. After that click icon to open setting for your systems network interface as shown in below screen.

Here is the IP address of your Ubuntu desktop system.

Method 2 – Ubuntu 18.04 Check IP via CLI

Press CTRL + ALT + T to launch the terminal on your Ubuntu system. Now type following ip command to view current IP addresses configured on your system.

ip addr show