Category: Geeks r Us
I need some help on how to find my IP Address, subnet mask, the gateway, and both the primary and secondary DNS addresses. Does anybody have any ideas on how to find them? I am setting up a wireless router on a static IP, so I need this information. Thanks.
Yes I can help. I hope you like using the command prompt. I'm assuming you use windows?
For a start, a good command is:
ipconfig /all.
Now to set this up you will need to use net set. To understand how it works type net set /? to give you help. QN me and I could help you the rest of the way.
Thanks, I did find all the IP and DNS addresses I needed with that command. However, it didn't say primary and secondary DNS servers, it just said, "DNS Servers" and then te numbers. Does this mean that that server number is for both primary and secondary DNS servers?
It depends on your set-up.
I don't think this is actually what you want to find out. For example, if your behind a rooter at the moment, the information that ipconfig will give you will be useless except for perhaps the dns servers.
Your question doesn't really make sence, if your getting a static ip from your isp then it will be delt with at there end and your wireless rooter will nearly always have a static ip which will be preconfiggured.
I don't kno what information you want, but once again, if your behind a rooter, running ip config will not give you any information that will be of use to you in setting up a new rooter
Sorry I couldn't be of much help; try explaining the question again.
Actually I am behind a router and you can get the dns, gateway, etc from ipconfig
Are you sure your not just seeing your rooter as the gaitway and dns servers?
If the dns servers are set locally then you will see them, but more often than not, the rooter will host its own fake dns server which will forward on any requests that it gets to your isp there for by default your rooter will be doing your dns hence why it would show up in ipconfig.
The DNS may be the same, but the gateway from ipconfig will be different because it is giving you your internal address and the gateway from behind the router. The router gateway and address are what you may need, but I'm not sure what you want. If your in internet exploder, you can type home in the address bar to access the configuration page for your router (this may not always work) and get the info from there. I can't give specific instructions because it depends mainly on the router your using, though a bit of poking around should solve your problem.
Also http://www.whatismyip.com will do the root IP if you're on a router, meaning your router's ip address.
May I guess: What you're really asking is for info you need to fill in the form on your router's web server page, the main page from your router for setup?
First as they said, it's true that your router's page can be accessed differently depending on the router of choice.
I know you're not looking for a recommend but I always personally outfit stations with NetGear because they're robust, have an easy-to-use configure (Smart Setup) and all you need to do to get there is type http://routerlogin.net in your web browser.
Is your router itself stuck / it can't get to the net, or is it your computer? Generally from a client side (your computer) you don't have a thing to worry about regarding domain name services, etc., as both Windows and the Mac come nowadays with DHCP preconfigured and obviously you're not dealing with dial-up.
Remember that to the world, you have one IP address, and that's your router. However, inside your house / on your deck or wherever your router reaches, you use several addresses that are virtual - the hub part of your router.
Ages ago - and I am dating myself on this one - they were all sold as separate units: the hub, the router and the bridge. This was all commercial hardware - wasn't in anybody's house except somebody a little strange - but in understanding how these parts work, and thinking of them in physical terms, can help you out as a user.
As I said, the hub brings all your computers together under one node, or one connection if you will. the bridge connects the hub to the router, and the router initiates network communications outside your local area network (puts you on the Internet). That's done by tcp/ip which is where you get the main ip address / domain name servers, etc.
That's why, behind the router and using ipconfig, you will get your IP address as something that starts with 129....
And you're right, the remote gateway is actually the ip address of the router, compliments of the bridge.
Of course this is all software now, no more stainless steel parts connected with the din plug CAT5 connectors anymore, but basically that's the real story on how a router basically works - even your wireless. The wireless is just radio frequencies used to connect your device to the router.
So as a user you will have one of two problems:
- the most common: you can connect to the router (bring up its web page for setting things and prompt for your username and password), but you cannot get onto the Internet.
Usually this is because your cable or DSL modem reset itself and the router's software may be relying on an outdated IP. That's because when your modem does this, typically it gets the next available IP address, as someone likely took yours during reset. All this doesn't apply if you have a static IP, which you would know because you pay for that specially, and isn't often offered up front for most basic users.
To resolve this, once you enter any username or password into your login for the router, use the Basic or Smart Setup to let it go get your settings. Just answer Yes or OK to let it overwrite old settings, and go get a cup of coffee or a beer or something, it can take up to a minute or so.
If you have wireless, this step doesn't mess up your wireless.
Your router should then either automatically go to its home site like linksys.com or netgear.com, or at least offer you a 'Test" button to do this. Of course you will want to push Apply first.
Your second problem would be if you just can't get into the router at all. For this, go ahead and leave your DSL or cable modemplugged in, unplug the router for thirty seconds and then plug it back in. Modern versions of Windows - XP and later - shouldn't need a restart, or a ipconfig /release all followed by ipconfig /renew all ... for most users restart is preferable since Windows will give nasty messages if you happen to have a PDA or similar device hooked up.
If you have any further questions just write back. I realize this is general in nature, but needing an IP generally stems from any number of real world problems.
FYI if you can't get to whatismyip.com or if they move, your router's main page - where you log in - will have the router's ip address.