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How do I check the IP address of this PC?
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richyd only handles you local IP.
Ipconfig will return the values, as will right-clicking the Network icon in the notificatin try, and requesting a Status, Properties while staying within the XP GUI.
To access to the WAN IP you need to access outside resources, one example:
Ipconfig will return the values, as will right-clicking the Network icon in the notificatin try, and requesting a Status, Properties while staying within the XP GUI.
To access to the WAN IP you need to access outside resources, one example:
bcastner, just a small remark.
I do have to add that the result 'can' be false, as it is in my case, because the ISP I am on, on cable, disguises the real IP.
Marc
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I do have to add that the result 'can' be false, as it is in my case, because the ISP I am on, on cable, disguises the real IP.
Marc
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There are other more aggressive links, but if you are NAT'd behind the cable or DSL modem, I agree. But Google this, as you will be surprised how aggressive some of these sites can be. I chose one without ads, and relatively benign.
If you fail the "Tweak Test" from BroadBandReports, to pull a true WAN IP, then I suggest you not look any further than that:
Though being double (or more) NAT'ed seems unwise in the long run for any serious internet user. It may just be that your ISP denies any ICMP traffic of any kind, and in the current climate I cannot blame them. I would prefer to have a pure bridge, one NAT and the test above should pull the WAN IP behind a NAT IP.
Thanks marcs41,
Bill
If you fail the "Tweak Test" from BroadBandReports, to pull a true WAN IP, then I suggest you not look any further than that:
Though being double (or more) NAT'ed seems unwise in the long run for any serious internet user. It may just be that your ISP denies any ICMP traffic of any kind, and in the current climate I cannot blame them. I would prefer to have a pure bridge, one NAT and the test above should pull the WAN IP behind a NAT IP.
Thanks marcs41,
Bill
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