How to get external IP?

[Him]

I'm behind a router, Linksys Something54G, and I'm not sure how, without logging into the router, to check my external IP address? Is there a way to do it, perhaps going to a command line and typing a command? When I go to IPCONFIG, it is giving me my internal 192 address, but not the IP which Comcast has assigned.

 

[The_Urge]

whatismyip.com

 

[Him]

I realize i can do it through a website or something, but is there no other way to find out? I remember once at a work my network admin was trying to find a way to do that, so he could tell his friend or something.

 

[SHAWN]

why would you post this in 2 forums? You should know better. You have been around.

 

[Him]

It was an accident, I accidently posted it in the windows one so I put it in the networking one and when I remembered that i should delete the other one, you had posted, so I can no lonfer delete it. A mod I'm sure will take care of this in due time...

I do know better, accident, sorry.

 

[The_Urge]

So you want to do it the hard way. Well you could logon onto the router and see what it is. Or if you really want to make things harder just use a packet sniffer and examine the encapsulation data.

 

[Him]

Is that really the only way to do it? Thats annoying. I didnt want to have to log into the router to view it, but I was hoping there was an easier way.

 

[The_Urge]

You could just login to the router one time and write it down.

 

[Him]

It will change though. I'm not talking a dedicated IP like at a buisness, I'm talking at home. I should have said that earlier, sorry.

 

[The_Urge]

OK. Well I have mentioned several different ways.

If you use firefox and have a rss (like sage) you can use that with this site http://www.ippages.com/?showmyipdbce=1040&
to have your ip info displayed.