How to find game server IP address?

Okay, so you’re trying to hunt down a game server’s IP address? Ugh, tell me about it, that can be a real pain! I’ve been there, trust me. One thing I’ve tried – and it sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t, you know how it is – is using the command line. Yeah, I know, sounds all techy and complicated, but it’s not that bad.

In Windows (that’s what I use, anyway), you open up the command prompt. But here’s the catch – and I learned this the hard way – you gotta close everything else that’s using the internet. I’m talking everything! Browsers, downloads, Spotify… the whole shebang. Otherwise, you get this massive wall of text from netstat -n (that’s the command you type in, by the way) and it’s like, where do you even begin to look? It’s like finding a needle in a haystack, seriously.

So, yeah, close everything down. Then run netstat -n. You’ll still get a bunch of numbers and stuff, but hopefully, hopefully, the game server’s IP will be staring you right in the face. Like, one time I was trying to figure out the IP for this Minecraft server my friend was running, and after like, ten minutes of squinting at the command prompt, bam! There it was. Felt like such a victory, haha!

It’s not a perfect solution, though. Sometimes it just doesn’t work. Like, what if the game uses some weird port or something? Who knows? But hey, it’s definitely worth a shot, right? What else have you got to lose? Besides your sanity, maybe. Just kidding! (Mostly.)