IP Addresses

[George L]

I use Active Ports to scan my ports and thought my IP address was
192.168.254.2. I went to WHATISMYIP.COM and found my IP is something
different!?

What is going on with these IP addresses? Does it change? (I use
Verizon DSL).

Thanks, George

[René]

George L wrote:
> 192.168.254.2.

IP address that's only used in Local Area Networks, i.e. internally.
The IP address assigned by your Internet Service Provider: 4.65.52.183
(hnllhi1-ar1-4-65-052-183.hnllhi1.dsl-verizon.net).

[George L]

Thanks, which address should I be scanning for open ports? Perhaps I
should be doing more or other stuff to monitor/maintain security?


On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:10:48 GMT, "René"
> wrote:

>George L wrote:
>> 192.168.254.2.
>
>IP address that's only used in Local Area Networks, i.e. internally.
>The IP address assigned by your Internet Service Provider: 4.65.52.183
>(hnllhi1-ar1-4-65-052-183.hnllhi1.dsl-verizon.net).
>

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Sounds like you are going through a NAT device. 192.168.254 is a private
(non Internet routable) address.

Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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I use Active Ports to scan my ports and thought my IP address was
192.168.254.2. I went to WHATISMYIP.COM and found my IP is something
different!?

What is going on with these IP addresses? Does it change? (I use
Verizon DSL).

Thanks, George