Finding the IP address of my home network from the WAN.

Ray Fleischmann rfleisch at mac.com
Fri May 21 16:53:34 EDT 2021


When you are ON your network go to this URL:    http://checkip.dyndns.org/ <http://checkip.dyndns.org/>

To always be able to reach your home network when away you need to sign up for a
Dynamic DNS Address and be able to run their client 24x7 to keep your Dynamic DNS
name up to date with your home networks IP address.

Good Luck..
Ray

> On May 21, 2021, at 4:00 PM, Paul Holzworth <hph at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Bill,
> Do you have your own router or are you using the Comcast router?  Many routers support Dynamic DNS where they will periodically update their IP address to an online server. The servers are often run by the router maker or sometimes free services.  If you have a registered domain name, they will let you connect by name and track the IP address as it changes.  You might want to look into that.
> 
> Paul
> 
>> On May 20, 2021, at 5:43 PM, William R Vogel <hightrailrider at icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> My ISP is Comcast/Xfinity. Most of the time my IP address stays the same, but it can change due to an outage or a power failure.
>> 
>> I used to use my Insteon account to find the current IP address when I was out of town and wanted access, but that box died and I don’t intend to replace it.
>> 
>> As related in another post, I shut my Macs down when I’m out of town, and only have the network, IP cams, Vera, and Hibitat running.
>> 
>> Is there a way I can find the external IP address for my network from a remote location without a computer running?
>> 
>> Bill V
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