I think nearly all ISPs assign your computer/router an IP address that is
hidden from the outside world. If you have a router between your ISP and
your computer, the router is using the IP address the ISP assigned but
giving your computer an entirely different IP address. The other end sees
your ISP's address.
I believe the default for linksys routers is something like 192.168.140.xxx.
The last three digits are more or less assigned in sequence to each computer
on you home network. So although there are probably several million
computers hooked up to linksys routers which have by default been assigned
one of 252 addresses, those addresses aren't seen at the other end.
If you work for a company that doesn't quite have it's IT sorted out you may
find you are unable to send email because someone had a virus spamming the
outside world which put the company's IP address on a blacklist. The
offending computer may have even been in a different city but that won't
help you. Fortunately most executive's get upset when their email is blocked
so it gets sorted out pretty quick.
-jeff
>From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Richard Lovison wrote:
>
> >Hmm, when I do a trace route for www.tope.nl <http://www.tope.nl> I get
> >195.85.182.16 <http://195.85.182.16> for the domain. When I enter that
> >number into the browser I get info about the Apache webserver being
> >installed at the site. Here's the complete trace if it is of help to
>anyone:
> >
> >
>If I use http://195.85.182.16, I get the same result as
>http://www.tope.nl. In Netscape 7.2 or Firefox, I get "Connection
>refused...." In IE, I get "
>
>
> "The page cannot be displayed
>
>The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site
>might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust
>your browser settings."
>
>As usual for MS, more words and less, and apparently less accurate,
>information.
>
>So it's not my DNS server?
>
>Odder yet, to my inexpert mind is the fact that my router has the same
>IP address no matter what program is using it, no? And if I use any old
>browser, I can't get through. Yet if I use Compuserve through the same
>router and physical DSL connection, I connect to both TOPE URLs without
>difficulty. Does Compuserve hide my IP and substitute one of its own?
>Otherwise, I don't see how one would work and the other not.
>
>I tried turning off the DSL modem, which results in a new IP address
>when reconnected. The first two pieces of the IP are the same and the
>second two are different, but I still can't get through.
>
>Moose
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