Getting My IP Address

Stupid question time:

ok... usually when i want to find out what my ip address is I go to
www.whatismyip.com ... is reported my ip address to me. but when i
went to www.whatismyipaddress.com (note that they are 2 different
websites) it gave me a different ip address.

Why is that? Do I have 2 ip addresses? I only ask this because my
website isn't working... I think my ip address for my dns is wrong.
but i can't figure out what my actual ip address is

any ideas?

-Ryan Ritten

"Ryan Ritten" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Stupid question time:
>
> ok... usually when i want to find out what my ip address is I go to
> www.whatismyip.com ... is reported my ip address to me. but when i
> went to www.whatismyipaddress.com (note that they are 2 different
> websites) it gave me a different ip address.
>
> Why is that? Do I have 2 ip addresses? I only ask this because my
> website isn't working... I think my ip address for my dns is wrong.
> but i can't figure out what my actual ip address is
>
> any ideas?
>
> -Ryan Ritten

Try
ifconfig -a
Allan

> ok... usually when i want to find out what my ip address is I go to

You have one IP address but your ISP may be using an invisible web proxy;
so when you visit web sites it may in fact be a different IP address
connecting.

Try:
http://jberkes.freeshell.org/detect-proxy.cgi
http://www.pc9.org/cgi-bin/get-ip

On 22 Sep 2003, Ryan Ritten <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Stupid question time:
>
> ok... usually when i want to find out what my ip address is I go to
> www.whatismyip.com ... is reported my ip address to me. but when i
> went to www.whatismyipaddress.com (note that they are 2 different
> websites) it gave me a different ip address.
>
> Why is that? Do I have 2 ip addresses? I only ask this because my
> website isn't working... I think my ip address for my dns is wrong.
> but i can't figure out what my actual ip address is

The IP where you posted this news from was 24.71.223.143. Which one is
different from that? It is possible that your firewall or server
configuration blocked outside access (check firewall and server logs).

Some cable operations may block incoming port 80. You might try
configuring apache for a different port and try that port in the URL (and
make sure your firewall is not blocking that port).

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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:26:31 +0000, Ryan Ritten wrote:

> Stupid question time:
>
> ok... usually when i want to find out what my ip address is I go to
> www.whatismyip.com ... is reported my ip address to me. but when i went
> to www.whatismyipaddress.com (note that they are 2 different websites) it
> gave me a different ip address.
>
> Why is that? Do I have 2 ip addresses? I only ask this because my
> website isn't working... I think my ip address for my dns is wrong. but i
> can't figure out what my actual ip address is
>
> any ideas?
>
> -Ryan Ritten

Here is a perl script I wrote to find out your public(WAN IP) and private
IP. I use it to verify my dynamic DNS settings along with the command:
host mydomain.ca

Here is the script.
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#!/usr/bin/perl
# This is a perl version of Robin Keir's IP2 at http://keir.net/ip2.html
# it gets your Wan IP address and provate IP address if you have one
#
# This script is for GNU/linux and BSD if you are running windows, use Robin Keir's
# program at the site above.
#
# This script will print out your WAN address and name as seen from a host outside
# your internal network
# This is useful for those behind a NAT router and need to know the Internet view of
# your host, useful for various filesharing apps and IRC stuff
#
# The following is a list of servers you can use/try if you need to substitute
# the default ecerami.com address
#
# http://ecerami.com/servlet/coreservl...owCGIVariables
# http://www.sanford.com/introcgi/cgi-...e.pl?something
# http://www.mueloliva.es/cgi-bin/variables.cgi?'0024'
# http://inetarena.com/cgi-bin/environment.pl?this=that
# http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/g.../cgi-test.html
# http://www.cfhub.com/examples/cgi/
#
# This script was created by Douglas Clinton (E-Mail Removed)
# It is disrtibuted inder the GNU GPL if it doesnt work send me an email
# If you think that this script has damaged your computer get a brain scan...it can't
#
# Douglas Clinton


use LWP::Simple;

# First lets get the info we need from our favorite site
@url=get("http://ecerami.com/servlet/coreservlets.ShowCGIVariables");


# This section Finds the match for the WAN IP
foreach $i (@url) {
if ($i =~ /(\d+)(\.\d+){3}/) {
@stuff = $i;
#print "$i";
$string = $i;
$string =~ s/<([^>]|\n)*>//g ; # removes html tags
@stuff = $string;
#print "\n$string";
}
}

@words = split " ", $string;


$raw_addr = $words[13];
$raw_name = $words[14];

$clean_addr = substr($raw_addr, 11, 13);
# this next line prints the your WAN address
print "$clean_addr\n";


$clean_name = substr($raw_name, 11, 45);
# this nest line prints your WAN name
print "$clean_name\n";

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THE END
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I hope that helps...let me know if you have any problems with it.

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