how do I find my IP address?

Using cable, if that matters.

TIA


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sf wrote in message ...

Using cable, if that matters.

It doesn't.

Start = Run

Type WINIPCFG

Press ENTER

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

www.whatismyip.com is the better way.

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.

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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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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On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:52:31 -0700, "Hugh Candlin"
wrote:


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.

I think John has been paying attention to my posts... yes, I
do have a router and a firewall. Checked the firewall today
and there was NO activity, so the router must be doing its
job, but I digress...

Didn't know they made a difference. I thought I could find
my IP address internally.





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sf wrote:

I think John has been paying attention to my posts... yes, I
do have a router and a firewall. Checked the firewall today
and there was NO activity, so the router must be doing its
job, but I digress...

Didn't know they made a difference. I thought I could find
my IP address internally.

And you can, using winipcfg.

Every computer connected to the Internet *must* have an IP address.
Otherwise other computers cannot send you anything, like web pages or
email.

Many of us nowadays have a cable or DSL connection that we share
between several computers using a router. In that case the router has
the "real" IP address, and it assigns made-up addresses (that the IP
protocol definition guarantees are not in anybody's routing table) to
the computers that connect to it. (The process is called DAT, Dynamic
Address Translation.) In this case, using winipcfg will show you the
"made-up", non-routable address that your router has assigned to your
computer. Something like www.whatismyip.com will show the "real",
routable IP address that your ISP has assigned to you, and that your
router is using.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:52:31 -0700, "Hugh Candlin"
wrote:


www.whatismyip.com is the better way.

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

WOW! Thanks!


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sf wrote in message ...
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:52:31 -0700, "Hugh Candlin"
wrote:


www.whatismyip.com is the better way.

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

WOW! Thanks!

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