CJT wrote in message ...
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.

True. I was trying to indicate that some people would just as soon
not contact sites they know little or nothing about.

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.

That does you no good if the site is a rogue.

If you're a typical surfer, you're going to visit a lot
of "relatively unknown" sites.

I am not typical.

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