On 19 Jul 2006 03:47:37 GMT, Puckdropper
wrote:

Joe Bemier wrote in
:



Thanks, John.
It appears I've had the same IP add for some time. But maybe not. I've
renovated an old farmhouse and one of the features I wanted was to
have Broadband in every room. So, the second floor has an area where
there are a bunch of routers, etc.

We have three machines in the house and the ip adds are identical
except for the last 3 digits....mine is xx1-- my wifes is xx2 and the
spare machine is xx3.
But maybe these are not real IP add's - maybe just something from the
router. I see it by entering ipconfig in DOS and get back a bunch of
info.



With a setup like that, your router is getting a "real-world" IP address
from the ISP and assigning each computer its own IP address. In fact, if
you go to http://www.myipaddress.com, it will tell you your "real-world"
IP address.

Some firewalls work the same way.

Hey, Thanks - helpful.
As to Firewall...I have Zone Alarm and maybe that also plays into the
mix.


Puckdropper