How can I find out if my IP address is DHCP, Fixed or Dynamic?

I need to tell my administrator what IP address my VM is using. I know the numbers, but I don't know if it is fixed or not.

I have tried: ifconfig and that returned my IP address.

How can I find out if my IP address is DHCP, Fixed or Dynamic?

I need to tell my network administrator what the IP address is, that my Virtual Machine is using. I know the numbers, but I don't know if it is fixed or not.

I have tried: ifconfig and that returned my IP address.

How can I find out if my IP address is DHCP, Fixed or Dynamic?

I need to tell my administrator what IP address my VM is using. I know the numbers, but I don't know if it is fixed or not.

I have tried: ifconfig and that returned my IP address.

Thank you.

Edit

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS GUI

How can I find out if my IP address is DHCP, Fixed or Dynamic?

I need to tell my administrator what IP address my VM is using. I know the numbers, but I don't know if it is fixed or not.

I have tried: ifconfig and that returned my IP address.

How can I find out if my IP address is DHCP, Fixed or Dynamic?

I need to tell my administrator what IP address my VM is using. I know the numbers, but I don't know if it is fixed or not.

I have tried: ifconfig and that returned my IP address.

Thank you.

Edit

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

How can I find out if my IP address is DHCP, Fixed or Dynamic?

I need to tell my administrator what IP address my VM is using. I know the numbers, but I don't know if it is fixed or not.

I have tried: ifconfig and that returned my IP address.

Thank you.

Edit

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS GUI