Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:18:42 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: FreeBsdBeni <freebsdbeni@spymac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ip address behind router ? Message-ID: <41E2B8F2.3040600@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200501091505.33003.freebsdbeni@spymac.com> References: <200501091438.59814.freebsdbeni@spymac.com> <200501090656.09705.james@idea-anvil.net> <200501091505.33003.freebsdbeni@spymac.com>
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FreeBsdBeni wrote: [ ... ] > I can indeed access the Linksys modem directly and find out the address. But I > was hoping for a more direct or easier way to do it, if possible... Because you are using a device which performs NAT, you have to query that device to find out the real IP; there is no way on a machine within the private NAT'ed subnet to get external information without asking externally. However, if you connect your machine directly to the aDSL modem rather than using a firewall/router, you could run ifconfig on your machine and see the real IP. You'd probably have to configure pppoe which can be a pain, and your typical Linksys broadband router already does a good job of handling that. -- -Chuck
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