Sometimes when you are either doing networking tasks, remote connecting to an external computer, or trying to set up a game server, you need to know your public IP. This series of 4 numbers provides your Internet address so others can communicate with you.
While there are dozens of ways to get this value, I have found the easiest to be going to this web site:
[http://www.whatismyip.com/ ]
This web site is a simple and effective way to quickly determine your public IP.
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Don said:
2/14/2008 8:28 pm
Another simple and effective way to determine your public IP address:
http://my-i-p.com
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