Ip Address

[ARMYUK]

Hi .. question ? just curious .

Have bt broadband router / modem hub ip add 81.129.24.143
Also done online check of ip add it is also 81.129.24.143

Doing it with run/cmd/ipconfig it is 192.168.1.64

Question why the difference ?

No probs with pc just interested :confused:

[Fox on Fire]

do an ipconfig /all. the ip you see in ipconfig is your computer's, not your router's. the one the net see's is your router's ip. I think that's right.. (it may be the other way around, too...)

[ARMYUK]

Just done it Mate you are spot on , I have 2 other pc's on a network they say the same . Did not know the router would have a different ip add.

Many Thanks Ian

[PrntRhd]

The difference is the 81.129.24.143 address is the WAN address (the address on the Internet) for your ISP connection.
The 192.168.1.64 address is in the LAN (local network), behind the router.

:)

[ARMYUK]

Got you Mate . Im ok on most but Networks ect a bit iffy . am going on a network course next month .

Cheers Ian

[CRocket]

When you run ipconfig using cmd on your computer, it gives you the IP address assigned to your computer by the DHCP server of your router, your subnet mask which should be 255.255.255.0, and the Default Gateway IP of your router which is usually 192.168.0.1. If you do ipconfig /all it will also give you the IP of your DHCP server, Default Gateway IP, and DNS server IP. All of those are provided by the router, and are all the same IP, 192.168.0.1. The IP of the router itself is provided by your ISP. That is why it is different.

[RetiredGeek]

It is a router, the job of a router is to "route" traffic from one network to a different network. The addresses you listed represent two different networks.