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What's the difference between WLAN adapter address and host address?

ValdezV1
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When I connect to a WLAN, I can get a result as following through ipconfig:

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
IPv4 address . . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.19.83.237
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Wireless LAN adapter WLAN:
IPv4 address . . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.30.16.37
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
But when I use a python script to check the host IP of my computer, the result is different. Codes:

import socket

host = socket.gethostname()
print("host: " + str(host))
host_ip = socket.gethostbyname(host)
print("host ip: " + str(host_ip))

Any help will be appreciated.   QuestDiagnostics

 

 

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Hi

 This means that this PC have two interfaces: wireless and wired.

And both have IP address.

"

Overview:

  • Given a host name the gethostbyname() function returns the IP address of the host.

 

  • Unlike, gethostbyname() returns just one ip of the host even though the host  could resolve to multiple IPs from a given location.

 

  • The returned IP address is an IPv4 address.  "

You a probably receiving the wired IP address right?