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83.71.83.24 confusion

  • 27-04-2005 11:54am
    #1
    MrScruff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 146 ✭✭


    I've recently had eircom broadband installed and was reading about anonymous blogging and followed a link to an ip displying page. 83.71.83.24 is the number displyed.

    Strange as I run a web server and my actual ip is totally different(192.168....). Checked firefox proxy settings, grand. Telneted into a linux box in college, same ip showing(83...). So this must mean all my internet traffic is routing through this box. It has no hostname and a port scan shows no ports open.

    Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on whats happening out of interest.


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  • #2
    RangeR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    Your 192.168.x.x is the internal ip of your server. Maybe 83.71.83.24 is/was the ip address of your firewall/router?


  • #3
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Spocker


    Irish is right about the 192.xx.xx.xx address. The 83.xx.xx.xx address is the WAN address allocated to you by eircom - note that this can change so don't depend on it.


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    10.x.x.x
    172.16.x.x
    192.168.x.x

    Are all private addresses to use on a local network and aren't routable on the internet ( 127.x.x.x and 169.254.x.x aren't usable on the internet either)


  • #5
    Cryos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Cryos


    Your router is using NAT to translate your external ip address to an internal address to which your http / ftp or other service is running.

    Firefox would only see your Internal address as it knows not about your External Address


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