I ask because I'm sick of trying to use megaupload only to get the same 'your IP address is already downloading a file' message when to my knowledge I'm not.
By the way I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser
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How do I check what my IP address is?
27 durable postsStarted 2006-03-04Latest 2006-03-08
Re: How do I check what my IP address is?
[url]http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm[/url]
Re: How do I check what my IP address is?
You should be able to go to Run on your Windows menu and type "cmd". Once DOS prompt comes up type ipconfig /all
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[URL="http://www.ipchicken.com"]www.ipchicken.com[/URL]
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Cheers^ The chicken one and the geobytes one gave me 2 different results?
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[url]www.whatismyip.com[/url]
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Cheers but again I'm getting 2 different addresses> The geobytes one and the one kamal suggested give me the same address, the chicken one gives me a different one altogether? Can you have 2?
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Before Pickle gets to it:
Mercuryengine.com IMO
You can have 2 but its very unlikely that have 2 and would be using them both on the same computer (especially without knowing).
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IPchicken gives me a different ip than whatsmyip
Ipconfig agrees with whatsmyip, so IPchicken is wrong
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Most people have two ip addresses: an inner one and an outer one.
The outer address is the one your network provider uses to communicate to websites on your behalf. The information is then first sent to your outer ip, and then your provider will send it to you, on your inner / real ip address.
eg:
You -> ISP - > Internet
Internet -> ISP -> You
eg: 43.34.213.53 (my computer) -> 53.234.53.230 (ntl) -> 66.36.231.163 (mercuryserver)
where -> = "relays to"
This is how your isp knows what pages you have looked at, what you've downloaded etc. If you want to get around megaupload, use an anonymous proxy such as [URL="http://www.shysurfer.com/"]shysurfer [/URL] or [URL="http://surfshield.net/"]surfshield[/URL], but make sure you still enable javascript from those proxies, they may or may not work, i can't say i've tried.
Anyway, i reckon one of them is getting your inner ip address, whilst the other is simply getting your outer ip address. As mentioned earlier, your real ip address can be obtained by using netstat from the command prompt.
Re: How do I check what my IP address is?
GregWhelan you'll prolly find that you're getting that message on MegaUpload because your ISP uses proxies, transparent or otherwise. Basically more than one person in your ISP is using MegaUpload, and from MU's end everything that comes from that proxy appears to have the same ip.
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[quote=GregWhelan]Cheers but again I'm getting 2 different addresses> The geobytes one and the one kamal suggested give me the same address, the chicken one gives me a different one altogether? Can you have 2?[/quote]
What two IP's are you getting? If either of them begin with 192.168, 10.* then for some reason, ipchicken is pulling your private IP address. I've never heard of this, especially since the internal addresses are considered "illegal" and can't be routed on the Internet.
Do the two different IP addresses have the same first three numbers, different on the last one?
Strange, ipchicken has always been good to me. sniff sniff
Re: How do I check what my IP address is?
Two addresses I'm getting:
81.107.108.160 from geobytes
62.252.64.19 from the chicken
I think the chicken is right!
Re: How do I check what my IP address is?
Whatever ipconfig tells you is right, screw everything else.
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^wrong. if you're connected to a wireless router or a switch, IPconfig doesn't show your external address... it only shows the address that only your home can see.
mercuryengine.com imo
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[quote=picklemonkey]^wrong. if you're connected to a wireless router or a switch, IPconfig doesn't show your external address... it only shows the address that only your home can see.
mercuryengine.com imo[/quote]
Exactly. Most broadband users are going to come from one public IP address. Never thought of proxies, but that certainly explains why you'd be getting more than one address.
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Wireless router only, or any router?
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any
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Right, but why would anyone need or want to know their external IP?
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:lol:
to communicate with another computer. the reason most p2p software doesn't work behind firewalls is because your computer thinks your external IP is your local IP. you (the host) send a message to the client saying "connect to me at this IP on x port for this file," but you send the local IP instead, which is an internal address that is impossible to connect to from the Internet cloud.
mercuryengine.com imo
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Dude, I use all kinds of p2p programs behind a router and have no idea what my external IP is. Ever heard of port forwarding??
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[quote=evangelion]Dude, I use all kinds of p2p programs behind a router and have no idea what my external IP is. Ever heard of port forwarding??[/quote]
If you turn on port forwarding it can improve download/upload performance.
Why would you need to know your IP? Normally you don't, even for p2p. For p2p, you just need to setup a port forwarder for which port you set the p2p program to use.
If someone wanted to allow you through their firewall, they'd need to know your public IP.
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I wouldn't say it's just a performance issue, port forwarding is essential to have remote connections with Bit Torrent.
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Just as a matter of reference, if anyone needs to know how to port forward... this is a handy site: [url]www.portforward.com/routers.htm[/url]
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mercuryengine.com imo
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[quote=evangelion]Dude, I use all kinds of p2p programs behind a router and have no idea what my external IP is. Ever heard of port forwarding??[/quote]
The reason you are forwarding your port is to bind the external IP's address and port to an internal IP's address and port. You may not need to know what your external IP is for connections being initiated from inside only but if you had say a web server hosted and were coming in from the outside you would need to.
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[quote=picklemonkey]mercuryengine.com imo[/quote] Right, right, right :roll:
[quote=neoee]The reason you are forwarding your port is to bind the external IP's address and port to an internal IP's address and port. You may not need to know what your external IP is for connections being initiated from inside only but if you had say a web server hosted and were coming in from the outside you would need to.[/quote] Right, got all that. My point is that the original poster has no need or use for his external IP. That's it.