My IP address ...

[RJK]

Can anyone tell me what this is all about ?
http://www.whatismyipaddress.com/staticpages/index.php/changeip
....and is it a problem that my computer IP address has become
192.168.1.61 ? I don't know what it was before that, or indeed if it was
any different !
....or if I need to fight with it anymore !

I very recently built a new system box, and during tweaking up XP Home
edition and installing my software etc., I had a hell of a job getting
access to the internet and had to resort to running the Orange Livebox cd.
....which got the "internet" going again over 8 hours ago, and I ended up
with three connection icons in my system tray with the following speech
bubbles:-
1). Local Area Connection 100mbps
2). Internet Connection Speed 8.1mbps
3) a 1394 400mbps connection icon ! ...whatever that is !

....tonight only the first two are showing !

any tips gratefully accepted.

regards, Richard

 

[Vanguard]

Can anyone tell me what this is all about ?
http://www.whatismyipaddress.com/staticpages/index.php/changeip
...and is it a problem that my computer IP address has become
192.168.1.61 ? I don't know what it was before that, or indeed if it
was any different !
...or if I need to fight with it anymore !

Didn't bother to visit the site but I suspect they are using a scare
tactic simply because you haven't a clue how networking or Javascript
work. They are using Javascript which runs within your browser to
interrogate your host, like getting the IP address of that host (versus
the IP address of your cable modem).

Every place you connect will get your IP address. Why? Well, just how
are they going to send you what you requested unless they know WHERE to
send it? If you browse to a site to view their web page, obviously they
need to know where to send the content of their web page. If you
request a file download, how would they know where to send those bytes?
Every host to which you connect will get your IP address.

If you use a router or cable/DSL modem then what the other host sees is
the IP address for that device (because that is your interface to your
ISP's network). If you let a site run Javascript, it can get the IP
address of your intranet host. Don't know why you care that a host to
which YOU elected to connect knows where to send the data that you
requested from it. Also, knowing your IP address never divulges your
e-mail address. You can't get spammed because someone knows your IP
address. Instead they have to send that crap to your mail server that
has an account defined for you that matched what the spammer used.

To be scared by the fear mongers. They want to sell you something.
Every host to which you connect will know your IP address. Even if you
use a proxy to hide your IP address, that proxy knows your IP address
(and since public proxies are operated by unknown owners then you really
don't know how they use that information).

By the way:
When munging your e-mail address, FIRST munge the domain name. Munge to
a domain name that is not registered. That way, any spam that tries to
send to your e-mail address using the munged but unregistered domain
name can't even begin to send their crap. Their mail server won't find
a domain by that name to find a mail server there. By munging the
domain name first, you help eliminate any bandwidth that spammers
attempt to consume. By using, in your case, hotmail.com then you
energize spambots that harvest your e-mail address from Usenet to target
the hotmail.com and waste their resources to accept the mail session
connect request and then waste more cycles accepting that spam, to
reject it during the mail session, or to reject it later when found
undeliverable. You can then optionally munge your username but munging
the domain name is usually more than sufficient.

 

[Nepatsfan]

In

Can anyone tell me what this is all about ?
http://www.whatismyipaddress.com/staticpages/index.php/changeip
...and is it a problem that my computer IP address has become
192.168.1.61 ? I don't know what it was before that, or
indeed if
it was any different !
...or if I need to fight with it anymore !

I very recently built a new system box, and during tweaking
up XP
Home edition and installing my software etc., I had a hell of
a job
getting access to the internet and had to resort to running
the
Orange Livebox cd. ...which got the "internet" going again
over 8
hours ago, and I ended up with three connection icons in my
system
tray with the following speech bubbles:-
1). Local Area Connection 100mbps
2). Internet Connection Speed 8.1mbps
3) a 1394 400mbps connection icon ! ...whatever that is !

...tonight only the first two are showing !

any tips gratefully accepted.

regards, Richard

First off, you might want to post your question to the XP
Networking newsgroup. There are a number of knowledgable
individuals there who should be able to shed some light on any
networking problems you might have. Here's the link;


As for your question, an IP address of 192.168.1.61 is what's
called a private address. This would indicate that your
computer is connected to a router or a modem which is acting as
a DHCP server and is capable of assigning IP addresses. Unless
you're having problems connecting to the internet or other
computers on your network there's no need to change the IP
address.

As for the connection icons, the first one represents the
connection established between your computer and modem with an
Ethernet cable. When connected, you can right click on this
icon and select Status from the menu. Click on the Support tab
to view the IP address assigned to your computer.

I suspect the second icon would be for a wireless adapter. The
third would be for a Firewire connection.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[M.I.5¾]

Can anyone tell me what this is all about ?
http://www.whatismyipaddress.com/staticpages/index.php/changeip
...and is it a problem that my computer IP address has become
192.168.1.61 ? I don't know what it was before that, or indeed if it was
any different !
...or if I need to fight with it anymore !

I very recently built a new system box, and during tweaking up XP Home
edition and installing my software etc., I had a hell of a job getting
access to the internet and had to resort to running the Orange Livebox
cd. ...which got the "internet" going again over 8 hours ago, and I ended
up with three connection icons in my system tray with the following speech
bubbles:-
1). Local Area Connection 100mbps
2). Internet Connection Speed 8.1mbps
3) a 1394 400mbps connection icon ! ...whatever that is !

...tonight only the first two are showing !

No 3 is in fact a firewire port. Your PC may be set up to hide icons that
are not used after a period of time.

 

[M.I.5¾]

No 3 is in fact a firewire port. Your PC may be set up to hide icons that
are not used after a period of time.

I meant to add, that it is the nature of firewire ports that they report as
connected even if nothing is actually plugged in.

 

[RJK]

Thanks for your response. ...was getting ever more confused about my PC
address, gateway address, DHCP address range, etc. etc. ...have been reading
and digging away at it for months. ...and when I built new system box,
thought I knew enough to wade through and configure Orange Livebox manually,
....failed after fighting for hours, ...then gave up and slapped in the
Orange Livebox cd to get it working !

I was able to get internet working okay in just minutes, using my Linksys
WAG354G adsl/modem/router/wifi but, the Orange Livebox (Inventel heap if
c**p) was a different thing altogether !

Trouble is the Linksys obviously hasn't got any VOIP hardware in it, so I
have to have it connected to get my "free" VOIP local 'phone calls that
start with 01 and 02. Before moving to new PC system box I had Linksys
connected to Livebox, (DHCP off in Linksys), using it just as a dumb
router.

regards, Richard

 

[RJK]

Thanks for your response

regards, Richard

 

[RJK]

Thanks for your response,

....it's no longer there in system tray, ...msyteries of a fresh XP install !

regards, Richard

 

[M.I.5¾]

Thanks for your response,

...it's no longer there in system tray, ...msyteries of a fresh XP install
!

regards, Richard

Click the '<' symbol just to the left of the system tray, it my be hiding
in there.