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Public IP address determination
My mom's Win98 SE computer is connected directly (no router, hub, or switch)
to her broadband cable modem. Her ISP is suddenlink.com . Their website claims they provide dynamic IP addresses rather than static ones, which I believe is somewhat uncommon for cable ISP's . While she has an internet connection, will c:\windows\ipconfig.exe report her public IP address ? I need to know her public IP address so I can use Remote Administrator to connect to her computer through the internet . I have used R.A. to connect to my home computers from work, but there are routers at each end, and I know how to find the public IP's in that situation . Joe |
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:32:15 -0500, "Joe Johnston" wrote: While she has an internet connection, will c:\windows\ipconfig.exe report her public IP address ? I need to know her public IP address so I can use Remote Administrator to connect to her computer through the internet . There are plenty of websites which will return her public ip address whether she connects directly or through a router. Here is one. http://checkip.dyndns.org/ Jim. |
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:32:15 -0500, "Joe Johnston" wrote: While she has an internet connection, will c:\windows\ipconfig.exe report her public IP address ? I need to know her public IP address so I can use Remote Administrator to connect to her computer through the internet . There are plenty of websites which will return her public ip address whether she connects directly or through a router. Here is one. http://checkip.dyndns.org/ Jim. |
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"James Egan" wrote in message ... There are plenty of websites which will return her public ip address whether she connects directly or through a router. Here is one. http://checkip.dyndns.org/ Jim. Thanks for your response Jim. As it turns out, c:\windows\ipconfig.exe does report her public IP address. I connected to her computer this evening, and uninstalled some useless programs for her. Joe |
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"James Egan" wrote in message ... There are plenty of websites which will return her public ip address whether she connects directly or through a router. Here is one. http://checkip.dyndns.org/ Jim. Thanks for your response Jim. As it turns out, c:\windows\ipconfig.exe does report her public IP address. I connected to her computer this evening, and uninstalled some useless programs for her. Joe |
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In article , "Joe Johnston"
wrote: My mom's Win98 SE computer is connected directly (no router, hub, or switch) to her broadband cable modem. Her ISP is suddenlink.com . Their website claims they provide dynamic IP addresses rather than static ones, which I believe is somewhat uncommon for cable ISP's . While she has an internet connection, will c:\windows\ipconfig.exe report her public IP address ? I need to know her public IP address so I can use Remote Administrator to connect to her computer through the internet . I have used R.A. to connect to my home computers from work, but there are routers at each end, and I know how to find the public IP's in that situation . Joe Yes, ipconfig (or winipcfg) will report her public IP address. However, that address is dynamic, so it could change at any time. There are many "dynamic DNS" services that can give her address an unchanging domain name. In my experience, cable companies provide dynamic IP addresses. I've never seen a static IP address from a cable company. Companies that provide static IP addresses usually charge extra for them. Since your mom's computer is connected directly to the Internet and has a public IP address, it needs a good software firewall to protect it from hackers. Firewalls that work on Win98 are hard to find. Does her computer have one? I recommend always connecting a Win98 computer to a cable modem through a home broadband router, which acts as an incoming firewall. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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In article , "Joe Johnston"
wrote: My mom's Win98 SE computer is connected directly (no router, hub, or switch) to her broadband cable modem. Her ISP is suddenlink.com . Their website claims they provide dynamic IP addresses rather than static ones, which I believe is somewhat uncommon for cable ISP's . While she has an internet connection, will c:\windows\ipconfig.exe report her public IP address ? I need to know her public IP address so I can use Remote Administrator to connect to her computer through the internet . I have used R.A. to connect to my home computers from work, but there are routers at each end, and I know how to find the public IP's in that situation . Joe Yes, ipconfig (or winipcfg) will report her public IP address. However, that address is dynamic, so it could change at any time. There are many "dynamic DNS" services that can give her address an unchanging domain name. In my experience, cable companies provide dynamic IP addresses. I've never seen a static IP address from a cable company. Companies that provide static IP addresses usually charge extra for them. Since your mom's computer is connected directly to the Internet and has a public IP address, it needs a good software firewall to protect it from hackers. Firewalls that work on Win98 are hard to find. Does her computer have one? I recommend always connecting a Win98 computer to a cable modem through a home broadband router, which acts as an incoming firewall. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote in message news Yes, ipconfig (or winipcfg) will report her public IP address. However, that address is dynamic, so it could change at any time. There are many "dynamic DNS" services that can give her address an unchanging domain name. In my experience, cable companies provide dynamic IP addresses. I've never seen a static IP address from a cable company. Companies that provide static IP addresses usually charge extra for them. Since your mom's computer is connected directly to the Internet and has a public IP address, it needs a good software firewall to protect it from hackers. Firewalls that work on Win98 are hard to find. Does her computer have one? I recommend always connecting a Win98 computer to a cable modem through a home broadband router, which acts as an incoming firewall. -- Thanks for your reply, Steve. In examining the list of programs which start whenever Windows starts, I didn't see any that looked like firewalls. Assuming I need to access Mom's computer once a week for system maintenance, plus twice more per week to send her financially sensitive data, do you think it might be a good idea to buy a pair of identical routers that have VPN capability ? Joe |
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"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote in message news Yes, ipconfig (or winipcfg) will report her public IP address. However, that address is dynamic, so it could change at any time. There are many "dynamic DNS" services that can give her address an unchanging domain name. In my experience, cable companies provide dynamic IP addresses. I've never seen a static IP address from a cable company. Companies that provide static IP addresses usually charge extra for them. Since your mom's computer is connected directly to the Internet and has a public IP address, it needs a good software firewall to protect it from hackers. Firewalls that work on Win98 are hard to find. Does her computer have one? I recommend always connecting a Win98 computer to a cable modem through a home broadband router, which acts as an incoming firewall. -- Thanks for your reply, Steve. In examining the list of programs which start whenever Windows starts, I didn't see any that looked like firewalls. Assuming I need to access Mom's computer once a week for system maintenance, plus twice more per week to send her financially sensitive data, do you think it might be a good idea to buy a pair of identical routers that have VPN capability ? Joe |
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In article , "Joe Johnston"
wrote: Yes, ipconfig (or winipcfg) will report her public IP address. However, that address is dynamic, so it could change at any time. There are many "dynamic DNS" services that can give her address an unchanging domain name. In my experience, cable companies provide dynamic IP addresses. I've never seen a static IP address from a cable company. Companies that provide static IP addresses usually charge extra for them. Since your mom's computer is connected directly to the Internet and has a public IP address, it needs a good software firewall to protect it from hackers. Firewalls that work on Win98 are hard to find. Does her computer have one? I recommend always connecting a Win98 computer to a cable modem through a home broadband router, which acts as an incoming firewall. Thanks for your reply, Steve. In examining the list of programs which start whenever Windows starts, I didn't see any that looked like firewalls. Assuming I need to access Mom's computer once a week for system maintenance, plus twice more per week to send her financially sensitive data, do you think it might be a good idea to buy a pair of identical routers that have VPN capability ? Joe You're welcome, Joe. I'm sorry, but I'm not familiar with routers that have VPN capability, and I don't know if that's a good solution. An ordinary router between your mother's cable modem and her computer will provide protection from hackers. You'll probably have to open port(s) in the router to allow remote access from your computer. I assume that the remote access software requires you to enter a password to make the connection. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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