How can I find my computer's global IP? I know my local IP as assigned by my router, but I need to know the global IP, ie. not 192.168.-.---

Thanks!!

go to www.ipchicken.com

yup!

You could logon to your router, it will have a section that shows your IP address.

Or, you can go to:
http://www.whatismyip.com/

Or just look at the top of the screen when you post a message on this forum!

Stuart

yeah all those websites (and the forum) give me a global IP, but it is the same on all the computers on my router ... I'll try the router thing and get back to you guys

Thanks!

I guess what I am trying to figure out is what IP address does someone use to connect to my computer from outside my router ... is that even possible??

If you want somebody to connect to a specific computer on your network you need some kind of software running to accept a connection, an FTP server, web server or something similar.

You then need to configure your router to forward requests to that computer depending on what service it is running.

Each computer on the network will have a different IP address, usually in the range 192.168.xxx..xx This is known as a Class C private address. This address can be allocated to each computer by the router if DHCP is enabled, or it can be manually configured providing it is within the range that the router accepts.

The IP address that you see on the websites is a public address and is allocated to you by your ISP.

Requests to your public address is translated to your private address via Network Address Translation (NAT) by the router. This is automatic when it is you that initiates the communication by browsing the Web or sending an E-mail.

When somebody outside your network initiates the connection you need to forward it to the required computer as described above.

If you have a firewall running you will also need to configure it to accept incoming requests, most firewalls block incoming requests by default.

Stuart

Thanks