ip address query

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On Mon, October 31, 2011 12:24, Steve Flynn wrote:
> On 31 October 2011 06:57, Linux Tyro <ubuntu.bkn1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> When we create a website of our own, then we need a ip address and we
>> cannot
>> use the one we actually have from our isp for this purpose?
>
> Nope - you can run a web server on your local machine and when I
> browse your hosted website, I'll be talking to your machine on your
> WAN address (the internet facing IP address) - the address allocated
> to you by your ISP. However, when you query other machines in your
> home network, they will have 192.168.* or 10.* addresses.

Everybody forgets the 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255 range...

> Think of it as your WAN address is your real postal address - 10 Front
> Street, whereas your internal 192.168. addresses are the various rooms
> in your house. Anyone who wants to come in to your house needs your
> external address, but once they are in they can visit any room. Your
> router acts as your front door.
>
> That's a fairly weak analogy but it'll suffice...

TS should take a look at http://www.warriorsofthe.net/