Solve : IP address confusion...?

1.	Solve : IP address confusion...?
Answer» Okay here's the issue: When I tried to search ONLINE on how to find my IP address, a come across websites which can search and tell me my IP address and twice I go to that website on two different days, I got IP address which started with 60.##.###.## and the numbers at the #'s are different. Then I came across a website which says use the Ipconfig COMMAND in the cmd.exe. I did that and my IP there starts with 192.###.#.### Now I am confused with which is my IP address. Btw, I am using my laptop which is connected to my home modem through a router (just in case this might help). You IP address can change everyday. Your internet provider only has so many addresses. So when others are offline, they re-use them. Or "LEASE" then for a time period. You can create a static IP address, but i'm not sure of the implecations of doing so.I did some searching on the web and I found out that apparently, the 192.###.#.### is my internal IP address and the 60.##.###.## is what the web sees. The THING is, I am using a stat counter for my website and I want to block my IP so that whenever I visit my website, it won't include me in my count. So, I should be using the 192.###.#.### IP address is it?Quote from: Flazzard on July 23, 2010, 07:41:25 AM I did some searching on the web and I found out that apparently, the 192.###.#.### is my internal IP address and the 60.##.###.## is what the web sees. The thing is, I am using a stat counter for my website and I want to block my IP so that whenever I visit my website, it won't include me in my count. So, I should be using the 192.###.#.### IP address is it? think about it. you said that 60.##.###.## is what the web sees. is not a stat counter on the web?Your router's ip address should be 192.168.xxx.xxx depending on manufacturer, and your ISP will have a diffrent IP address. Try getting online and searching for the default IP address for your router and then again for your ISP.Quote from: Flazzard on July 23, 2010, 07:41:25 AM I did some searching on the web and I found out that apparently, the 192.###.#.### is my internal IP address and the 60.##.###.## is what the web sees. The thing is, I am using a stat counter for my website and I want to block my IP so that whenever I visit my website, it won't include me in my count. So, I should be using the 192.###.#.### IP address is it? No. You should use the public IP address...theoretically. In practice, what you're doing won't WORK, since your public IP address is Dynamic, not Static. Businesses tend to have static IP addresses. Usually they'll have that for web servers, mail servers, FTP servers, etc. that are facing the Internet. If you want a static IP address, contact your Internet Service Provider. Chances are, the price will be out of your price range. Another option WOULD be to use something like DynDNS or some other dynamic DNS service. That way you'll have a host name that resolves to whatever public IP address your Internet Service Provider's DHCP server feels like giving you at the time. At that point, you may be able to filter your dynamic DNS name from stats instead of your IP.

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Okay here's the issue:

When I tried to search ONLINE on how to find my IP address, a come across websites which can search and tell me my IP address and twice I go to that website on two different days, I got IP address which started with 60.##.###.## and the numbers at the #'s are different.

Then I came across a website which says use the Ipconfig COMMAND in the cmd.exe. I did that and my IP there starts with 192.###.#.###

Now I am confused with which is my IP address. Btw, I am using my laptop which is connected to my home modem through a router (just in case this might help).
You IP address can change everyday.

Your internet provider only has so many addresses. So when others are offline, they re-use them. Or "LEASE" then for a time period.

You can create a static IP address, but i'm not sure of the implecations of doing so.I did some searching on the web and I found out that apparently, the 192.###.#.### is my internal IP address and the 60.##.###.## is what the web sees.

The THING is, I am using a stat counter for my website and I want to block my IP so that whenever I visit my website, it won't include me in my count. So, I should be using the 192.###.#.### IP address is it?Quote from: Flazzard on July 23, 2010, 07:41:25 AM

I did some searching on the web and I found out that apparently, the 192.###.#.### is my internal IP address and the 60.##.###.## is what the web sees.

The thing is, I am using a stat counter for my website and I want to block my IP so that whenever I visit my website, it won't include me in my count. So, I should be using the 192.###.#.### IP address is it?

think about it. you said that 60.##.###.## is what the web sees.

is not a stat counter on the web?Your router's ip address should be 192.168.xxx.xxx depending on manufacturer, and your ISP will have a diffrent IP address. Try getting online and searching for the default IP address for your router and then again for your ISP.Quote from: Flazzard on July 23, 2010, 07:41:25 AM

I did some searching on the web and I found out that apparently, the 192.###.#.### is my internal IP address and the 60.##.###.## is what the web sees.

The thing is, I am using a stat counter for my website and I want to block my IP so that whenever I visit my website, it won't include me in my count. So, I should be using the 192.###.#.### IP address is it?

No. You should use the public IP address...theoretically.

In practice, what you're doing won't WORK, since your public IP address is Dynamic, not Static.

Businesses tend to have static IP addresses. Usually they'll have that for web servers, mail servers, FTP servers, etc. that are facing the Internet.

If you want a static IP address, contact your Internet Service Provider. Chances are, the price will be out of your price range.

Another option WOULD be to use something like DynDNS or some other dynamic DNS service. That way you'll have a host name that resolves to whatever public IP address your Internet Service Provider's DHCP server feels like giving you at the time. At that point, you may be able to filter your dynamic DNS name from stats instead of your IP.

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