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[vwgtiturbo]

Just a quick question... How can I find out the ACTUAL IP address my computer is at? I ran ifconfig, and all I can get is the 192.168.1.xxx address, but what I am kind of looking for is an address that I can type in (at school, for example) and reach my home computer. Is this even possible?

[sujoki]

behind a router eh?

[vwgtiturbo]

Yeah... I found the IP, but of course, it will be different here in a few days... damn... Pretty damn fast download from it though

[sujoki]

not neccesarily, i have it so my ip doesnt change because of my router lol
if you dont unplug your router or anything it wont grab a new IP, but once i shut off my router the ip changes.

[vwgtiturbo]

Really? I never turn the router off. The cable modem and computer get turned off, but the router stays on 24/7. I was under the impression that the IP is 'leased' for a certain amount of time, and after that time, is released so that it can either be renewed or reassigned. I wonder how long I can get away with running a webserver before I get a letter from Comcast telling me to pull the plug on it before they pull the plug on me...

[sujoki]

you are correct, but it wont boot you off of the IP that you already have leased, but once you unplug the router for even a second then the ip will stay the same, i dont know, maybe if you unplug your modem it will lease a new one, i dont unplug either, so it always stays the same.

[gaxprels]

Something you might consider is a dynamic dns service. I use http://www.dyndns.org/ to direct the abtg.homeunix.org domain to my server. My router supports connecting to the service and updating my IP when it changes on those rare occasions.

[friskydrifter]

could also check this out
gives updaters for linux anad winders
http://www.ods.org

[trommaster]

My router supports connecting to the service and updating my IP when it changes on those rare occasions.

Hey, thats pretty damn cool

[gaxprels]

Yep, but that's about the only thing cool about it. It has a limited number of ports you can open (redirect to an internal IP) and it doesn't allow for triggers (so things like "if someone connects to ports 6665 - 7000, temporarily open port 113 to the requesting IP" don't work.)