help IP problem

    Connecting to LAN or WAN? ip´s are suppose to be 123.45.67.89 alike. how could that be? did you run <b>ipconfig </b> to figure out your own ip address? FYI:Start&gt;run&gt;type <i>cmd </i>&gt;enter&gt;type <i>ipconfig </i>&gt;enter.

    Hmm, &quot;3se:5tf:7yu:8iu&quot; looks more like an MP ID, or even a MAC address than an IP. Odd. What were the results of ipconfig? Edited by - esquilax on 12/12/2004 3:29:09 PM

    No IP address has a letter in it. Current version of the IP protocol on the Internet and all residential LANs I know is IPv4. IPv6 has letters in their IP addresses but they are much larger and I don´t know anyone using IPv6 except the government and higher education. MAC addresses do have letters in them but that are hexidecimal (A, B, C, D, E and F) and are 6 groups of two digits each seperated usually by dashes. As for the FL MP ID this &quot;IP address&quot; is much too big with a different grouping as well. The strangeness of this IP address makes me believe this is an encryption problem. Does that sound plausible since it´s over a wireless network? _____________ Earendil SysAdmin of Boston Freelancer server Server community website &amp; forum: <A href=´http://www.earendilsplace.net/´ Target=_Blank>EarendilsPlace.net</a> (<A href=´http://www.earendilsplace.net/modules.php?name=Forums&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;t=153´ Target=_Blank>server rules</a>)

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