Thread: How do I find what my IP is ?

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Hmm noneof the onl;ine guides I can finmd tell me what I need to know.
I have fouind the installation guide for the router on line am downloading that again now

Vlad, if you wanted your IP address, click the computer symbol at the top right of every one of your AULRO posts.

You should see:

The IP Address is: 114.77.143.156
The host name is: c114-77-143-156.fitzg3.qld.optusnet.com.au

That could change if your ISP hasn't given you a static IP address (unlikely). More likely that you have a dynamic IP address.

But I don't think you need that. You need an IP address for the PVR on the router. It will be something like 192.168.1.n where n is a no. between 0 amd 255.

What is the IP address of the router? A quick Google indicates a Buffalo router might use 192.168.11.1.

Try typing http:\\192.168.11.1 into the address line of a browser window. If that's the router address, it will bring up a log on screen. Try a default username of root with no password.

From there you can look for a list of attached devices and check their IP and MAC addresses. Do you know the MAC address for the PVR? If so, you can assign an IP address to the PVR so you'll always know where to find it. If you don't know it, we can probably work it out.

PM your phone no. and I'll call you back (I have a VoIP phone attached to my router so it cost almost nothing).

To get the IP Address on your computer go to a dos window by clicking on Start then Run. In the Run box typ cmd

A black window will pop up with a prompt that looks like C:\users\yourname>

type "ipconfig /all" without the " marks

You will see something like this with all the info you need: ( There will be other info there too which you won't need, just look for this)

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-FB-C2-D3-3E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 17 January 2011 16:14:28
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 24 January 2011 16:14:28
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

The MAC address is the Physical Address
Your wireless router will be the Default gateway address.

In order to set up a wireless router find the Network and Sharing centre in Controll panel and search for wireless networks, the rest should be automatic.

See, Matt, your IT skills are needed here! We can help with LR stuff, you can help with IT.

I'd forgotten about ipconfig.

Originally Posted by p38arover

See, Matt, your IT skills are needed here! We can help with LR stuff, you can help with IT.

I'd forgotten about ipconfig.

Just happy to give something back

I also weld - just did my Certificate III in steel fabrication, and work as a welder/fabricator. So any little jobs people might need doing, I'd hapily step up!

I can't weld. I can't see what I'm welding so my MIG is wasted.

That'll give you the IP address of the computer you are on and the gateway router (adsl modem/router)

Once you have the IP of your adsl router, type it into the address bar of a browser, which should get you to your router admin page.

Somewhere in the router admin should be a page of IP addresses of devices connected to the router - that's if you're using DHCP - router gives out IP addresses.

From there you can type those addresses into a browser and that'll likely get you to that device's admin page.

When you've spend a while typing in IP addresses and finding out where they go, get some stickers and a texta and write all the IP addresses, and the username and password for them (if they have one) and stick it on the bottom of every box. Makes life a lot easier next time around.

The stickers won't work for laptops, because laptops that travel about don't necesarily get allocated the same IP address every time they boot up. Most routers and devices don't get turned off and on that often so usually keep the same IP address. If you want to get more tech about it setup each router/device with its own permanent IP address using the 192.168.x.x, except you give out the value of the second x (0-254 sorry Ron) I use 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 for my routers or non-computer devices, easy to remember.