Buck Jones
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I did it! So whatcha gonna doabout it? Ban me from your stuppid forim? Anyways,whu careswhether i use elipsis or nat?
The Duck
The Duck
I am the network Administrator at my work. THe way it workshere is anyone who uses the internet will show up with the same IPaddress because they go out the same router. We havedifferent internal addresses, as no two pc's can have the same, but therouter translates them all to one certain external IP address.There are a select few of us who have different IP addressesand that is because the router is programed to translate our internalIP addresses to a different external address because weneedseperate addresses for reasons I won't go intohere.Businesses are different. I think they have a samenumber with a different end number or something... I never paid muchattention to that part.
My ISP is bellsouth. I use DSL but have a backup dial up account. Mydial up almost never gives me problems but my DSL goes haywire ALL thetime! Having said all that, not too long ago I was having majorproblems with my DSL and actually have the option on my DSL help centerto release and renew my ISP address...which I did. I'massuming if I can do it....trolls can do it.Of course, if it can be programmed to have a different ISPaddress then what I said isn't always true. lol, all I know is whatI've taught myself.
That's how I thought it worked (same IP outside and different within the company)... but I wasn't sure how.Bo B Bunny wrote:I am the network Administrator at my work. THe way it workshere is anyone who uses the internet will show up with the same IPaddress because they go out the same router. We havedifferent internal addresses, as no two pc's can have the same, but therouter translates them all to one certain external IP address.There are a select few of us who have different IP addressesand that is because the router is programed to translate our internalIP addresses to a different external address because weneedseperate addresses for reasons I won't go intohere.Businessesare different. I think they have a same number with adifferent end number or something... I never paid much attention tothat part.
So theoretically (sp?) if two people here at work both joined thisforum they should show up with the same IP address.Although I REALLY don't expect anyone else here to join because theyall think I'm insane to have all the pets I do. Most of themjust have a dog and/or cat and that's it.
Hey Rose?
When are you going to increase Bub's avatar size? I want to see him as close-up as I can. I love that picture of him.
-Carolyn
I'm not sure. :?I always call it both so I assumed it was the same thing, lol!I was under the impression that computer's IP addresses aredifferent from the ISP addresses. ISP addresses can actually be thesame, but each and every computer out there has an individual, uniqueaddress that belongs to just it, like a thumbprint- called an IPaddress. I believe that "IP" stands for Internet Protocol, and the"ISP" in ISP addresses stands for "Internet Service Provider".
I'm pretty sure the ISP (IP?) is different for dial-up and DSL if youhave it in the same house because they are 2 separate internethook-ups. I could be wrong, anything I know about computers is whatI've taught myself through trial and error.Thanks for the info MyBunnyBoys. I didnt realize my ISP fordial up and DSL were different. I'm not very computer savy.I misunderstood your earlier post. sorry.
Lanna
I'm pretty much self taught also. I kinda fell into this job and am learning as I go.Of course, if it can be programmed to have a different ISPaddress then what I said isn't always true. lol, all I know is whatI've taught myself.