Name J, like the man in black

I am using this as a question forum as I do not have a lot of tech experience.

I have have simple question:
I rebuilt my computer using an old (ish) hard drive, tower and power supply, everthing else is brand new. now should I have an IP address even if unconnected to the internet?

yes i know simple but i am a nub

If you have a network card with default settings, you should have a 169.254.x.x. IP address.

If you do have a network card then it will automatically assign itself ip addresses. for example 127.0.0.1 is a loop back address. An IP it not important if your not connected to a network and if you do connect to a network you will most likely be assigned one automatically.

Put simply don't worry about an IP address.

Does this help?

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