What command reports the "real" IP address?

What command reports our "real" IP address to the world?

I have a standard home wireless setup with a cable modem connected to a
wireless router and a single laptop computer wirelessly connected.

I googled for "query IP address" and I found this commmand.
c:\> ipconfig /?
c:\> ipconfig /release
c:\> ipconfig /renew
c:\> ipconfig /all

But that ipconfig command doesn't give my "real" IP address.
That ipconfig command only reports my "fake" address!
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.200
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

By googling, I found web sites that tell me my "real" IP address.

For example, http://www.webyield.net/domainquery.html
tells me my "real" ip address is 69.110.21.223

But how do I find my "real" IP address without having to go to a web site
to find out. Does the ipconfig command or the netstat command have a hidden
option to report the "real" ip address?

If not, what command reports the "real" IP address?

Julie Holiday

"Julie Holiday" <> wrote in message
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> What command reports our "real" IP address to the world?
>
> I have a standard home wireless setup with a cable modem connected to a
> wireless router and a single laptop computer wirelessly connected.
>
> I googled for "query IP address" and I found this commmand.
> c:\> ipconfig /?
> c:\> ipconfig /release
> c:\> ipconfig /renew
> c:\> ipconfig /all
>
> But that ipconfig command doesn't give my "real" IP address.
> That ipconfig command only reports my "fake" address!
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.200
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
>
> By googling, I found web sites that tell me my "real" IP address.
>
> For example, http://www.webyield.net/domainquery.html
> tells me my "real" ip address is 69.110.21.223
>
> But how do I find my "real" IP address without having to go to a web site
> to find out. Does the ipconfig command or the netstat command have a
> hidden
> option to report the "real" ip address?
>
> If not, what command reports the "real" IP address?
>


Your Router / Modem has the real address.
Log into that at http://192.168.0.1
Put in user name and password and a menu item like STATUS should show it too
you.

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:22:10 GMT, Julie Holiday <>
wrote:

>What command reports our "real" IP address to the world?
>
>I have a standard home wireless setup with a cable modem connected to a
>wireless router and a single laptop computer wirelessly connected.

<snip>

Log into your router to see your public WAN IP address.

Julie Holiday wrote:
> What command reports our "real" IP address to the world?
>
> I have a standard home wireless setup with a cable modem connected to a
> wireless router and a single laptop computer wirelessly connected.

You have to check the device that's actually connected to the Internet. In
this case it's not the computers on your home LAN. It's the device that
connects your network to the Internet: Your router. Check your router's
configuration.

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Julie Holiday wrote:
> What command reports our "real" IP address to the world?
>
> I have a standard home wireless setup with a cable modem connected to a
> wireless router and a single laptop computer wirelessly connected.
>
> I googled for "query IP address" and I found this commmand.
> c:\> ipconfig /?
> c:\> ipconfig /release
> c:\> ipconfig /renew
> c:\> ipconfig /all
>
> But that ipconfig command doesn't give my "real" IP address.
> That ipconfig command only reports my "fake" address!
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.200
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
>
> By googling, I found web sites that tell me my "real" IP address.
>
> For example, http://www.webyield.net/domainquery.html
> tells me my "real" ip address is 69.110.21.223
>
> But how do I find my "real" IP address without having to go to a web site
> to find out. Does the ipconfig command or the netstat command have a hidden
> option to report the "real" ip address?
>
> If not, what command reports the "real" IP address?
>
If you connect your computer directly to your modem, your computer
receives a 'real', that is, Internet address from the modem. Then
ipconfig /all will show that address.

When your computer is connected to a router, the router receives the
'real' address and issues your computer an internal address. In that
case (which is much preferred to the direct connection), the computer
only knows the address assigned by the router.

You can log in to your router to see the Internet address or as you have
noted, go to a site which can tell you what address it is connected to
(your router's Internet address).

Another way of looking at this is that your ISP assigns an address to
you. That address can only belong to one computer. When you use a
router, the router is the computer receiving that address. Your computer
is sharing that address but has no idea what that address is. It only
knows its own address which it received from the router.

Julie Holiday <> hath wroth:

>But how do I find my "real" IP address without having to go to a web site
>to find out. Does the ipconfig command or the netstat command have a hidden
>option to report the "real" ip address?

No, there's no hidden option. The reason those web sites exist is
that there's no easy way to get your own WAN IP addresses.

>If not, what command reports the "real" IP address?

None. Basically, you have to have some external server on the
internet report it back to you. For example, try:
http://checkip.dyndns.org
Which can probably be scripted.

The remote web server will also record your IP address (for its logs).
You can interrogate the IP address using a CGI script and REMOTE_ADDR
variable. For example:
http://www.LearnByDestroying.com/cgi-bin/summary.cgi

I don't know of any command you can run locally that return the WAN IP
address without interrogating either the router or a remote server.



--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

Julie Holiday wrote:
> What command reports our "real" IP address to the world?
>
> I have a standard home wireless setup with a cable modem connected to a
> wireless router and a single laptop computer wirelessly connected.
>
> I googled for "query IP address" and I found this commmand.
> c:\> ipconfig /?
> c:\> ipconfig /release
> c:\> ipconfig /renew
> c:\> ipconfig /all
>
> But that ipconfig command doesn't give my "real" IP address.
> That ipconfig command only reports my "fake" address!
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.200
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
>
> By googling, I found web sites that tell me my "real" IP address.
>
> For example, http://www.webyield.net/domainquery.html
> tells me my "real" ip address is 69.110.21.223
>
> But how do I find my "real" IP address without having to go to a web site
> to find out. Does the ipconfig command or the netstat command have a hidden
> option to report the "real" ip address?
>
> If not, what command reports the "real" IP address?

192.168.0.200 is your PC ip address assigned from your router DHCP (
LAN or Internal IP).
WAN IP address can normally be viewed from inside the router logs or
web interface but
you can use the program below which sits on your task bar showing your
WAN IP and alerts if it change.

http://www.download.com/MyWanIp/3000...ml?tag=lst-0-1

-aljuhani

Julie Holiday schrieb:
> What command reports our "real" IP address to the world?

The only piece of equipment dealing with the external IP address is your
router.

Login to the router (most likely via your internet browser) and have a look.

The pcs only have local addresses.

--
Martin Bodenstedt

(www.die-bodenstedts.de / www.maboko.de)

Julie Holiday wrote:
> What command reports our "real" IP address to the world?
>
> I have a standard home wireless setup with a cable modem connected to a
> wireless router and a single laptop computer wirelessly connected.
>
> I googled for "query IP address" and I found this commmand.
> c:\> ipconfig /?
> c:\> ipconfig /release
> c:\> ipconfig /renew
> c:\> ipconfig /all
>
> But that ipconfig command doesn't give my "real" IP address.
> That ipconfig command only reports my "fake" address!
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.200
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
>
> By googling, I found web sites that tell me my "real" IP address.
>
> For example, http://www.webyield.net/domainquery.html
> tells me my "real" ip address is 69.110.21.223

Yes, a Website can obtain the IP by requesting it from the browser. I
see you're using Xnews and if you Show Headers with Xnews on the post
you mode, you'll see that 69.110.21.223 or if you use OE and select
Properties/Details by doing a right-click, you'll see your real IP.
>
> But how do I find my "real" IP address without having to go to a web site
> to find out. Does the ipconfig command or the netstat command have a hidden
> option to report the "real" ip address?

Normally, IPconfig /all will give you that information but your router
with the above information is set-up to do something that I don't apply
to a router or FW appliance and I have them set to give that information
of the IP the ISP assigned to the network that the machine behind the
router is using and the ISP's DNS IP(s) being used by the NIC.


>
> If not, what command reports the "real" IP address?
>
There should be a status screen on the router's admin screens that gives
you the real information.

Duane

Julie Holiday wrote:

> What command reports our "real" IP address to the world?
....
> By googling, I found web sites that tell me my "real" IP address.
>
> For example, http://www.webyield.net/domainquery.html
> tells me my "real" ip address is 69.110.21.223
>
> But how do I find my "real" IP address without having to go to a web site
> to find out. Does the ipconfig command or the netstat command have a hidden
> option to report the "real" ip address?
>
> If not, what command reports the "real" IP address?

As far as your computer is concerned, that is your real IP address.
Your router handles the translation for you. What you could do is
log into your router and get that info from there. I have a CGI
script on my website that I can use to tell me the same info.
You could also autmoate it by using wget or similar and scraping
the info from your router's webpage to save the trouble of logging
in manually.