On 9/21/2010 12:46 PM, Elton wrote:
> Hi!
> I have a DSL connection with dynamic IP.
> My problem is that it seems that different pages that show my external
> IP, display different results.
> For example:
> showip.net shows X.Y.Z.84
> showmyip.com.ar shows X.Y.Z.86
> mediacollege.com/internet/utilities/show-ip.shtml shows X.Y.Z.3
> whatismyip.com shows X.Y.Z.116
> showmyip.com shows X.Y.Z.3 (this time is the same
> result as one of the pages above)
> the No-IP DUC shows X.Y.Z.84
>
> Of course the X Y Z don't change.
> So it seems like for different pages or requests my ISP assigns me
> different IPs or something, I don't really understand it.
>
> Initially I wanted to make my home computer a small web server (nginx
> listening on port 6789) that could be accessible from the
> internet and since my IP is dynamic I tried DYNDNS (with no result)
> and now No-IP (with no result, too).
> I added the correct entries for port forwarding in Advanced -> NAT ->
> Virtual Server in my ZTE ZXDSL 831II modem/router (fireware version
> ZXDSL 831IIV7.5.0a_Z29_AL1) but still couldn't access my web server
> neither from the DynDNS host or the No-IP host, so I slowly am giving
> up to the idea of running a web server in my home pc.
>
> But I still am curious to learn more about networks and to understand
> why the above problem (the different WAN IPs problem) happens!
>
> So why does that happen?
> Is it some kind of technique used by ISPs to distribute requests or
> something?!?!?
I assume you don't have any type of anonymizer service you are using to
browse the web.
....Bob
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