Where can I find my IP address?
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or for the lazy, www.whatismyip.com
thanks I've done that. It shows a DOS like interface. What does lease obtained, lease expired mean? It says that under everything in that DOS screen.
It also gave me two different addresses for DNS, how do I know which server address I am currently on, as I am having a DNS problem and hope maybe I could change to one or the other so I can fix these problems that I'm having.
thanks in advance
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This weird, I followed swinnie steps to get my ip address and now that I used whatismyip.com the address is completely different and a lot longer. What's up with that?
Also what do I do to exit from that DOS like screen? Do I just press the X in the top right corner of that window, or do I need to type in some commands to exit?
It also gave me two different addresses for DNS, how do I know which server address I am currently on, as I am having a DNS problem and hope maybe I could change to one or the other so I can fix these problems that I'm having.
thanks in advance
Edit:
This weird, I followed swinnie steps to get my ip address and now that I used whatismyip.com the address is completely different and a lot longer. What's up with that?
Also what do I do to exit from that DOS like screen? Do I just press the X in the top right corner of that window, or do I need to type in some commands to exit?
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The first address listed is most likely the primary dns, it's common to have two. It is where your requests are translated from a simple web address (lets say) into an I.P address that computers and network cards understand.
Regarding the lease, your network card/computer is 'leased' an ip address from your dhcp server for a finite amount of time (usually days) at which point, that ip address goes back into the dhcp pool and you're issued another one.
The address you have is most likely issued by your router (i.e an internal network address), the address you're seeing on whatsmyip is actually the public address of your router. So sites like that won't necessarily be accurate.
A router/firewall is the basic builiding block for protecting your private network (your computer) from the outside world.
Yes press the x, or type 'exit' to exit.
Regarding the lease, your network card/computer is 'leased' an ip address from your dhcp server for a finite amount of time (usually days) at which point, that ip address goes back into the dhcp pool and you're issued another one.
The address you have is most likely issued by your router (i.e an internal network address), the address you're seeing on whatsmyip is actually the public address of your router. So sites like that won't necessarily be accurate.
A router/firewall is the basic builiding block for protecting your private network (your computer) from the outside world.
Yes press the x, or type 'exit' to exit.
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whatsmyip will give you the WAN facing IP address. Ipconfig will give you your local address. The WAN address will be a bigger number cos there's a whole lot more IPs out on the internet than on your LAN.
What do you need to know your IP for?
Yes you can click X on the comand prompt window.
