Router Question (Newbie)

Rauldinho1 · 06-15-2007, 10:46 PM

Hi, i just bought a new router and installed and it's working lovely. I had no previous experience with routers. My question is this, when i look the IP in my pc connection i see something like 192.168.1.xxx, this is the IP given to me by the router, how can i know the IP of my pc that is being see over the internet?? Hope i made myself clear. Thanks for any reply!

Trizoy · 06-15-2007, 11:20 PM

When you use a router you have 2 IP addresses. There is a LOCAL (LAN) or Internet (WAN) Ip address. The 192 address is your local and might change unless you DHCP. To find your internet IP address click here http://www.whatismyipaddress.com/.

Assuming you dont have a proxy in place it will be correct.

Anything else?

INTELCRAZY · 06-15-2007, 11:27 PM

When I go to that site, the Verizon proxy must intercept the request, I get one that is a hundred miles north of me.

The Qban · 06-18-2007, 07:56 PM

You are not going to have a static ip, so it will never be the same. when you use DSL or Dialup, alot of times you get a VPN IP, with a cable modem, you get a DHCP IP, from the ISP's IP list, which sometimes is VPN as well. You are seeing an ip from miles north, because your IP is being routed through that location, so that is what has a hard IP, and what the website sees. its just like your router. it gives you a 192.x.x.x ip which is not a broadcast"able" ip, but the router will have the DHCP ip from the ISP that you are given.

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Rauldinho1 New Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1	Router Question (Newbie) Hi, i just bought a new router and installed and it's working lovely. I had no previous experience with routers. My question is this, when i look the IP in my pc connection i see something like 192.168.1.xxx, this is the IP given to me by the router, how can i know the IP of my pc that is being see over the internet?? Hope i made myself clear. Thanks for any reply!

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Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mountain View, Ca Posts: 4,669	When you use a router you have 2 IP addresses. There is a LOCAL (LAN) or Internet (WAN) Ip address. The 192 address is your local and might change unless you DHCP. To find your internet IP address click here http://www.whatismyipaddress.com/. Assuming you dont have a proxy in place it will be correct. Anything else? __________________ 01100110 01100001 01110010 01110100

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06-15-2007, 11:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
INTELCRAZY banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,060	When I go to that site, the Verizon proxy must intercept the request, I get one that is a hundred miles north of me.

06-18-2007, 07:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
The Qban Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Anywhere I can!! Posts: 55	You are not going to have a static ip, so it will never be the same. when you use DSL or Dialup, alot of times you get a VPN IP, with a cable modem, you get a DHCP IP, from the ISP's IP list, which sometimes is VPN as well. You are seeing an ip from miles north, because your IP is being routed through that location, so that is what has a hard IP, and what the website sees. its just like your router. it gives you a 192.x.x.x ip which is not a broadcast"able" ip, but the router will have the DHCP ip from the ISP that you are given.