IP addresses

[hargi]

This is for a friend, they are using internet explore and have used google to find there ip address which for example returns 111.11.11.1 this is also the same ip that is reflected in some web apps they use.
However when they go to cmd and ipgonfig the ip address it a different one.

Any ideas?

 

[Pho]

From the command line they see their computer's IP address on their private local network, which will probably be something like 192.168.x.y. The IP address you get from various websites is their public/internet IP which is assigned to them by their ISP when their router dials the internet.

Everyone accessing the internet from their house will have the same external IP when they look on various websites, but all will have different local IP addresses from the command line. It's the job of the router to route all the internet data to the right private IP address and so forth.

 

[asim18]

Yep, there's two types of IP addresses in a typical home connection.

Your WAN IP is the one assigned to you by the ISP and is what the internet distinguishes you as.
Your LAN IP is assigned by your router and is what distinguishes your device internally on the local network.