Question with external IP..HELP PLZ!!!

[Daveman1127]

ok, i connect to the net on thru the LAN in my apartment complex.... i have this internal ip thats 192.168.254.86 ... but when i setup a FTP, and people try to connect, they tell me that this is an internal IP address... can someone tell me how i can find out the IP that people can use to connect to my ftp?

 

[Artnoc]

You're apartment LAN is doing something called Network Address Translation (NAT) This allows a single public IP address, on their router to be masqueraded to many private IP addresses. Private IP addresses, such as 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x, and 172.16.x.x (is that it?) are reserved for private networks and are not routable on the internet, hence you can't connect to it.

Solution, try the file transfer in AIM. Or maybe contact your apartment tech people. Maybe they can offer some type of solution that is easy to implement.

 

[krogoth]

My linksys router lets me configure ports to be forwarded to my IP - very useful.