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amazer - October 9th, 2003 at 07:33 PM

whats an easy way of finding out my IP address?

Canni. - October 9th, 2003 at 07:47 PM

In Windows 95, 98 or Me
Go to Start | Run
Type winipcfg and click OK.

In Windows NT 4, 2000, or XP
Go to Start | Run
Type cmd and click OK.
When the Command Prompt window comes up, type in, ipconfig.

Cam - October 9th, 2003 at 07:49 PM

ooh, what is some sort of good ip hiding software?

amazer - October 9th, 2003 at 08:14 PM

what naughtiness are you up to that you might want to hide it cam?

Thanks canni. Very impressive debut on the forum ;)

Cam - October 9th, 2003 at 08:22 PM

nuffin :D A mate installed one on my old computer, I dunno this one does'nt feel right without it I guess

Quoll - October 9th, 2003 at 09:00 PM

Another real easy way if your on a computer that isnt running windows
or if in winipcfg/ipconfig you dont know which one is your internet IP is (I dont know how you couldent :P )
is to simply visit

Http://www.whatismyip.com

its also good if your on a network running though a DNS server

[Edited on 9-10-2003 by Quoll]

amazer - October 14th, 2003 at 12:49 PM

argh, had to come back looking for this thread. theres another site whatsmyip instead of whatIsmyip. bit cheeky I reckon.

modulus - October 14th, 2003 at 01:09 PM

Hi amazer,
This is possibly a bit more complex than the cursory treatment above might indicate.

The image below shows me surfing two minutes ago, visiting whatismyip and simultaneously displaying the results from the windows winipcfg utility. As you can see they differ.

The 203.9.148.1 IP address is the IP address which my ISP has allocated to me *for this session*, as I'm using dial-up for access. In my next session, it might/will be different. For folk with ADSL or Cable (about 1 in 30 of internet accounts in Australia), the IP address is usually either fixed or fixed until the next reset. Access via a network can be slightly more complex.

Consequently, the answer to your question depends oin exactly you want to do.

Here are some examples where it is not useful:
- trying to determine if two users on this forum are the same person
- trying to control voting in elections

What it can be useful for is measuring the number of unique visits to a site (not, however, unique visitors) over a period of time.

So, your question is answered by "go to http://www.whatismyip.com",  but the answer may not be what you really need.

Sorry for the prolix reply, but as you're a super admin., its worth getting it straight.
hth

[Edited on 14-10-2003 by modulus]

amazer - October 14th, 2003 at 01:22 PM

Yeah I got all that. I'm playing around with a tomcat server here. Previously I've been playing apache. Needed the ip address for the config file. Now I only need it if I want to show someone what I am doing, what I am up to (uni assignments).

Up until now I have been going a long way around. Ive been logging into the unix system at uni via secure shell. logging out, then logging in again cos it then shows me where my last login session was from. That gives me a massive long URL something like 1Cust178.tnt2.wollongong................. just plain messy. This is much much more betterer.