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Old 18-10-2004, 17:01   #2
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Re: Hex IP address?
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Originally Posted by huggy bear
Previously when I got asked to give someone my IP address to play a game I did 'Ipconfig' and gave it to them. Now that I am accessing the net through a router I followed the same proceedure and got what I understand to be a hexadecimal value.

What's this all about?
If you are attempting to join a multiplayer game - then the IP is irrelevant, and I would question why someone needs to know it.
If you are running a server, then they need to know it to connect.

If you are running through a router - then the IP on your local machine cannot be seen on the internet - only the IP of the router.
You will need to set the router to forward certain ports to the internal IP for a server to work.

As to the Hex bit - you haven't enabled IPv6 on your router have you ?

post the ipconfig (as the address will most likely be of the 192.168.1.10x range), and I will try to work out the issue - however - make sure it is the PCs IP address - not the routers (as that is not a good thing to post )

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