Hex IP address?

[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?

[zovat]

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 )

Zovat

[huggy bear]

Originally Posted by zovat

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 )

Zovat

No I haven't enabled IPv6 and don't know how to as yet. The person who asked for the IP address (a relative and I do understand certain risks)now runs the server so its not an issue.
How can I find the Ip address of the Router out of inquisitiveness?
Also, how do I make that IPv6 work if I, in fact, can?

This will tell you the IP address that you need to give them

http://www.nthellworld.co.uk/home?nav=tools&exec=proxy

[zovat]

Originally Posted by huggy bear

No I haven't enabled IPv6 and don't know how to as yet. The person who asked for the IP address (a relative and I do understand certain risks)now runs the server so its not an issue.
How can I find the Ip address of the Router out of inquisitiveness?
Also, how do I make that IPv6 work if I, in fact, can?

The IP address of the router is normally shopwn on the status tab (or similar depending on the router) and will be listed as either the WAN address or ISP address ...

IPv6 depends on the router and the OS of the systems that you have - and tbh it is not really needed yet (unless you plan to have millions of local devices).
It also depends on the router you have, and whether it will support it.

[huggy bear]

Originally Posted by gary_580

This will tell you the IP address that you need to give them

http://www.nthellworld.co.uk/home?nav=tools&exec=proxy

Thanks. Would I be right in thinking that the 'default gateway' part of the IPconfig program readout would be the IP address of the router?

[Chris W]

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?

you sure you were looking at the ip address, and not the mac address/ adaptor address?

[huggy bear]

Originally Posted by monkeybreath

you sure you were looking at the ip address, and not the mac address/ adaptor address?

I will double check that later - but am fairly sure I was not