Re: how do I find my ip address?

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From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:27:18 -0500

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 00:03:26 GMT, "Steve N." <me@here.now> wrote:

>Steve Shattuck wrote:
>
>>>looking for my ip address in xp. anyone?
>>
>>
>> Not enough info to answer your question definitively. Assuming that you
>> mean your Internet IP AND YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION IS THROUGH YOUR PC AND
>> NOT A NETWORK, then the advice you've also been given about typing IPCONFIG
>> /ALL at a command prompt works. If you access the Internet through a
>> LAN/router, then you will need to access your router to obtain your Internet
>> IP address.
>>
>
>IPCONFIG returns the workstation IP address if connected through LAN and
>routers. We use it all the time at work. Perhaps you are referring to
>some odd configuration but I've never seen it not reutrn an IP unless
>the NIC is not functioning, whether on a home or business network.
>
>Steve

No. Most home users connecting through a broadband router don't see
their public IP using IPCONFIG. What they see is their workstation IP
on the LAN side of the router. This usually is in the 192.168.0.1 to
192.168.1.255 range, as these addresses are non-routable and not
Internet addresses. IPCONFIG won't return the public IP address. The
only way to see the actual ISP assigned address in this case is to
logon to the router and check it's configuration.

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