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How Do I Find Out My Public IP Address

Posted Feb 4, 2007 by Jason Faulkner  

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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1 Comment(s)

  1. Don said:
    2/14/2008 8:28 pm

    Another simple and effective way to determine your public IP address:
    http://my-i-p.com

    [Reply]

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