is it possible to get IP address of a wifi that you are not connected to
Just like the question states. Is it somehow possible to get the IP address of a network that you don't have access to? For example, if you click the little wifi button on your task bar, and highlight your cursor over one of the options, you get some info. But your external IP address is actually the address of the router, isn't it? Which would mean you would have to connect to the wifi, and then the router to get an IP address, correct?
I realy just want a simple answer: No or Yes and here's how
2 Answers
No.
And the answer is the OSI Model. Wifi technologies, uses IEEE 802.11 standard who works in First and Second layer in the OSI Model.
Asuming that statements, you can't get a Layer 3 protocol as IPv4 or v6 if not even reach the lower layers.
Simple answer: No.
When you aren't connected you have no way of knowing what the IP is even if you create something that "remembers" the IP when you were last connected, because the IP might change every 10 seconds for all you (or your computer) knows.
EDIT
Your public IP is the public IP of the router. The IP of the router that your computer sees is the private IP of the router. The above explanation was written for the public IP, but the same would hold true for the private IP (though it would be much less likely to change regularly).
