From: njkat@eclipse.net   
      
   Tom Impelluso  wrote:   
      
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   >   
   >Please allow me to ask some naive questions...   
   >   
   >I normally run network codes from my university (where there is no ISP   
   >intermdiary - or is there?)   
   >   
   >But from home, I have this intermediary of cox.net; and this confuses me.   
   >   
   >And I feel like a child re-learing things as I try to do more from home.   
   >   
   >At home, on  my PC, I type ipconfig.   
   >And I get 192.168.1.104   
   >   
   >So would imagine that that cannot be my IP address (but what is it?)   
   >(And, what is it in the context of me working at school on a UNIX machine   
   >and going to /etc/hosts and seeing each machine with an IP address?)   
   >   
   >From home, when I go to whatismyip.com, I get: 68.167.43.161   
   >However, ALL the laptops in my home have 68.167.43.161   
   >So where is the unique number here?   
   >   
   >I have logged into my router and THOUGHT I was accessing the port   
   >forwarding calls properly.   
   >   
   >But now I am not so sure...   
   >   
   >So... In a nutshell:   
   >   
   >1. What is it about my university that, when I run a code as a server and   
   >decide it will accept connections on a a port above 6000 (socket, bind,   
   >listen, accept, socket, connect)... done... over... easy... never had   
   >a problem.   
      
   This is because your connected to the SAME network. ie: university   
      
   >   
   >2. What is it  about cox that I have this intermediary... and how can I   
   >find out what port is the one for my current laptop.   
   Not sure what your asking here????   
   >   
   >I can connect to my router and forward the ports...   
   Yes you can forwared ports on your home router.   
   >   
   >But could someone please take the time to frame what is happening?   
   >   
   You need to log-into your home router. Go to the port forwarding.   
   Forwared the port to the ip address of your computer. So if   
   192.168.1.104 is the ip address of the computer you want to work on   
   you need to forwared the port to that address.   
      
   >(I know my IP  cannot be 192.168.1.104 .... but what IS that number   
   >specific for?  Cox?  Linksys (and only Linksys) routers?  all routers?   
   >   
   >Confused...   
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