How to determine if your computer is being assigned the external IP. If your connection is direct to your computer and your computer gets the public IP and not a router, you can try this: For Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 1. Click Start 2. Click Run 3. Type in cmd and hit ok (this opens a Command Prompt) 4. Type ipconfig /release and hit enter 5. Click Start, Control Panel, and open Network Connections 6. Find and Right click on the active Local Area Connection and choose Properties 7. Double-click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) 8. Click on Use the following IP address 9. Enter a false IP like 123.123.123.123 10. Press Tab and the Subnet Mask section will populate with default numbers 11. Hit OK twice 12. Right click the active Local Area Connection again and choose Properties 13. Double-click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) 14. Choose Obtain an IP address automatically 15. Hit OK twice 16. Go to What Is My IP to see if you have a new IP address
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 05:03:00 +0000