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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] communicating over internet.

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] communicating over internet.
  • From: Bart Trojanowski <bart [ at ] jukie [ dot ] net>
  • Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:17:02 -0400
* Ralph Boland <rpboland [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> [070510 14:43]:
> I have been hitting the tab key by mistake and I think firefox is sending
> my posting before they are finished as a result.  This is the completed
> posting.
> 
> In file /etc/resolve.conf
> I found #s  67.69.184.228       and     67.69.184.164

That's the DNS server.  This is not your computer.  It's somewhere on
the bell network.

> doing an ifconfig I get:
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:F1:B2:F3:15
>          inet addr: 192.168.1.100  Bcast:192.168.1.255   Mask:255.255.255.0

That's your IP address.  It's NAT'ed.  That means it's an internal/local
address not accessible by the internet.

> I believe the  192.168.1.100 is my routers address.
> but if I http to that number I get:
>          Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 192.168.1.100

You shouldn't be able to; not unless you're running a server there.

-Bart

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