Hugh Candlin wrote:

JohnN wrote in message ...

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:08:09 -0700, "Hugh Candlin" wrote:


sf wrote in message ...

Using cable, if that matters.


It doesn't.

Start = Run

Type WINIPCFG

Press ENTER


That may not give you the correct info if you have a router with a firewall


Neither of which were mentioned, and were therefore not assumed present.

www.whatismyip.com is the better way.


It is an alternative, as is http://checkip.dyndns.org/

Whether it is better or not is a matter of personal opinion.

Some people will have an aversion to disclosing such information
to a relatively unknown and rather anonymous web site.


Any web site you visit is able to determine your IP address.
Otherwise it can't send you pages. And what do you mean by
a "rather anonymous" web site? You know (or can find out)
as much about it as most other sites. If you're a typical
surfer, you're going to visit a lot of "relatively unknown"
sites.

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