same ip

billyjow · Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 2

my friend and i live in the same area and use the same internet provider. I asked him to send me his ip address, he does and i try to call him. It doesnt work, then i notice that the ip he gave me is the same as mine. Is there a way to fix this?

st4x · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 358

the ip he sends you shoul dbe the same as his or it defintly wont work. mayb he has a firewall or smt.

Laplie · League Staff Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 547

the fact that you have the same ISP probably has nothing to do with it. You're probably just using internal IPs and not the real one. Does it begin with a 192? if so, its wrong.

Go to www.whatismyip.com to get you real ip.

billyjow · Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 2

thank you Laplie

Aditeojr · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 30

local ip's are also starting with 10.x.x.x and 172.16.x.x
the one laplie sugested start with 192.168.x.x

u would have one if u are sharing an internbet connection through a LAN.....

the isp....should provide u with standard net ip...not locals....
Local ip's can't host games unless for a gamein the same lan...or unless the pc has a forwarded port from the server managing the internet connection