IP Address Informer - A Desktop Support Tool
Last Updated May 28, 2023 by Tim Trott. First Published in 2013.

IP Address Informer is an easy way to give your users a way to help IT support staff by providing them the easiest IP Address lookup tool.
IP Address Informer is a simple system tray application that performs an IP address lookup for all LAN connections. IP Address Informer will show the current IP address of the user's machine so that they can let IT support staff know the IP Address to connect to remotely through Remote Desktop or VNC. No more talking users through using ipconfig or navigating network properties to lookup IP addresses!
You can also use this tool to check the IP address assigned to your computer and to find your IP address.
Using IP Address Informer is as easy as asking your users to place their mouse cursor over the thunderbolt icon on the bottom right-hand side of the screen next to the clock! It will then pop up a tooltip stating their local IP address on the internal LAN.
You can download IP Informer below, and the C# source code is listed below if you want to compile your own version. The complete source code and project files are included in the download.
IP Address Informer Source Code
The source code and Visual Studio project files are available to download free from the GitHub repository.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Text;
namespace IPInformer
{
static class Program
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Application.Run(new SysTrayApplication());
}
}
public class SysTrayApplication : ApplicationContext
{
private NotifyIcon _trayIcon;
private ContextMenuStrip _menu;
private ToolStripMenuItem _exitMenu;
public SysTrayApplication()
{
_trayIcon = new NotifyIcon();
_trayIcon.Icon = IPInformer.Properties.Resources.icon;
_trayIcon.Text = GetIPAddress();
_trayIcon.Visible = true;
_exitMenu = new ToolStripMenuItem("Exit");
_exitMenu.Click += new EventHandler(ExitMenu_Click);
_menu = new ContextMenuStrip();
_menu.Items.Add(_exitMenu);
_trayIcon.ContextMenuStrip = _menu;
Application.ThreadExit += new EventHandler(Application_ThreadExit);
}
private void Application_ThreadExit(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
_trayIcon.Visible = false;
}
private void ExitMenu_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Application.Exit();
}
private string GetIPAddress()
{
StringBuilder localIP = new StringBuilder();
IPHostEntry host = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
foreach (IPAddress ip in host.AddressList)
{
if (ip.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork)
{
localIP.AppendLine(ip.ToString());
}
}
return localIP.ToString();
}
}
}
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This post has 4 comment(s). Why not join the discussion!
- JA
On Wednesday 29th of November 2017, James said
Second the ability to show Machine name as well as IP address, also the ability to change the tray icon. - MP
On Friday 5th of February 2016, mike pennington said
Tim, you still supporting this app? If so, could you make it show the Computer name as well ?? - IG
On Wednesday 29th of May 2013, IT Guy said
This tool would make life a lot easier for dealing with our computer illiterate users.Do you know how I can deploy this to every desktop automatically? Then it would be perfect!Thanks for your effort!:)On Wednesday 29th of May 2013, Lonewolf Online Post Author replied
Hello IT Guy I've created an MSI installer for IPInformer, and you should be able to deploy it using a group policy using the tutorial here Hope that helps Tim