IP Address of Host

[jstevens]

I have a VM with an operating system of Windows 11 running from a MacBook. What I would like to do is determine the IP Address of the MacBook (host) programmatically. I know I could just switch to the host and view it there but that would take the fun out of it.

Depending on which Network I connect to the IP Address will change.

Your suggestions are appreciated.

[jstevens]

If I use "Tracert" in a PowerShell script it will return the host IP Address. Here is the PSI script I am running. The script will map the Z-drive accordingly. What I need assistance with is automatically responding to "Press Enter to continue" and If the Z-drive is already mapped, disconnect it before trying to map it.

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# Define the hostname of the host
$hostname = "YourHostComputerName"

# Run the traceroute command
$result = tracert $hostname 

# Extract the IP address from the traceroute result
$ipAddress = ($result | Select-String -Pattern "\[(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})\]").Matches.Groups[1].Value

# Output the IP address
Write-Output "Host IP Address: $ipAddress"

# Map drive Z to the network path
New-PSDrive -Name Z -PSProvider FileSystem -Root "\\$ipAddress\SomeFolderNameHere" -Persist

pause

Your suggestions are appreciated.