What is my IP address?

QUESTION:
Which is the IP address that others people on the Net would say is
my IP address?

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BACKGROUND INFO:
I am on an NTL Ambit cable modem which is connected to my PC via
ethernet. There are no other PCs or devices attached to my own
PC.

When I run a utility like IP2 by Keir I see I have two IP
addresses. http://www.keir.net/ip2.html

One is what IP2 calls the "LAN IP". EG: 81.105.XXX.XXX.
The other is what IP2 calls the "WAN IP". EG: 62.255.XXX.XXX


CONFUSION:
Web sites like the one to get a free account at newserver Yotta
sometimes use the first one of those two and at other times Yotta
uses the second one. http://www.yottanews.com:8080/freeaccount.php

I'm getting confused! Which is the IP address that others people
on the Net would say is my own IP address?

Apps like the proxy finder Charon need me to enter my IP address.
But I can't get it to work. So I don't know if I'm entering the
wrong IP address. http://www.project2025.com/charon.php

On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:42:44 +0000, Meester C wrote:

> QUESTION:
> Which is the IP address that others people on the Net would say is
> my IP address?
>

http://ipid.shat.net/iponly/

"Meester C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> QUESTION:
> Which is the IP address that others people on the Net would say is
> my IP address?

http://whatismyip.com

"Meester C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> QUESTION:
> Which is the IP address that others people on the Net would say is
> my IP address?

http://whatismyip.com

"Alastair" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Meester C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns9720815107F5A4F1A28@213.155.197.138...
>> QUESTION:
>> Which is the IP address that others people on the Net would say is
>> my IP address?
>
> http://whatismyip.com
>

Sorry - double post!

"Meester C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> QUESTION:
> Which is the IP address that others people on the Net would say is
> my IP address?
>
> ----------
>
> BACKGROUND INFO:
> I am on an NTL Ambit cable modem which is connected to my PC via
> ethernet. There are no other PCs or devices attached to my own
> PC.
>
> When I run a utility like IP2 by Keir I see I have two IP
> addresses. http://www.keir.net/ip2.html
>
> One is what IP2 calls the "LAN IP". EG: 81.105.XXX.XXX.
> The other is what IP2 calls the "WAN IP". EG: 62.255.XXX.XXX
>

Your LAN IP address, is the IP address assigned to your local computer or
network, all connected devices on your local area network would be in the
same grouping, ie;

192.168.0.1
192.168.0.20
192.168.0.235

The last number on the end can be anything from 1 to 254, which means you
can have up to 254 devices connected to your network, each of which has its
own unique IP address.


The WAN IP address (Wide Area Network) is the one seen online by other
users. This is the one your ISP assigns to you on connection (or if you
have a static IP address, it remains the same all the time).

The WAN IP address, is the one that people would use, to connect directly to
you from the internet.

Hope that helps...

Further to my last post, if you are running WindowsXP, go to a command
prompt and type:

ipconfig /all

This will show you your local IP addess (LAN) and the MAC address assigned
to your computer, plus other network information.

Regards

In message <(E-Mail Removed)> of Fri, 2 Dec 2005 13:27:45
in uk.telecom.broadband, Steve <private-(E-Mail Removed)>
writes
>
>Further to my last post, if you are running WindowsXP, go to a command
>prompt and type:
>
>ipconfig /all
>
>This will show you your local IP addess (LAN) and the MAC address assigned
>to your computer, plus other network information.

I find that also works in Windows 2000 but only when I have an active
connection - currently established by dial-up.
--
Walter Briscoe

On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:42:44 +0000, Meester C wrote:

> QUESTION:
> Which is the IP address that others people on the Net would say is
> my IP address?
>
<snip>
The way to find out what your 'Internet Facing' IP address is:
Run a web based utility on the Internet which checks who you are.

A good one is 'Shield Up' - Google for it or go straight to
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

This is a 'must run' utility - it checks that you are protected from at
least some attacks from the Internet - makes sure that your firewall has
closed off all your incoming ports.

As an additional bonus it will tell you what your IP address is, and if it
associated with a DNS entry.

If you read down the front page it will tell you all sorts of useful stuff.

> One is what IP2 calls the "LAN IP". EG: 81.105.XXX.XXX.

If you are connected directly from your PC to the Broadband modem using an
Ethernet card (or a USB port set up for TCP/IP) then this should be the
DHCP address allocated to your PC by NTL.

For people using a NAT router (probably a very sensible move) this is the
IP address on the Internet facing side of your NAT router; your NAT
router will have two interfaces, one which faces the Internet (which
everyone can see) and one which faces your PC and is likely to have an
address like 192.168.1.1.

My NTL IP address starts with 82.31.

> The other is what IP2 calls the "WAN IP". EG: 62.255.XXX.XXX

This could be the address that your PC talks to. It has its own IP
adddress (e.g. 81.105.XXX.XXX) but it will talk to an NTL router further
in towards the Internet, which in turn talks to...etc.

If you are using a NAT router you wouldn't worry about this address; it
isn't visible to your PC, and isn't relevant to anyone calling in to your
PC.

Hope this helps.

Do run Shields Up - it is good to check that you are not vulnerable to
attack.

Cheers

Dave R

On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:42:44 GMT, Meester C wrote...
> QUESTION:
> Which is the IP address that others people on the Net would say is
> my IP address?

http://www.netmonitor.org/tools/test.php?type=ip

http://www.netmonitor.org/tools/index.php


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