[Mediaman_12]

I am attempting to set up Timbuktu between my work PC and my Home Mac (for testing Websites on Mac IE and Safari whiles t at work). But I have hit a MAJOR problem, I can't for the life of me find out the REAL internet facing I.P. number for my home Mac. All the Stuff (such as www.whatismyip.com and the System Profiler) report a really short number with 4 sets of 2 numbers. Having messed about with networking before, this doesn't look right for a full I.P. (they are usually 4 sets, if not more of 3 numbers.
Anybody got any hints on getting this (I think what I need is the IP of my hub/router) and any other tips on setting up Timbuktu in this way. Thanks!

[JHromadka]

It's ok if some of the numbers are 1 or 2 digits. Many ISPs have a 64.x.x.x address. Some of our work IPs have a 2 digit second octet as well. As long as it's not 10.x.x.x, 169.x.x.x, or 192.168.x.x, it should be your real IP.

[ginoledesma]

IP Addresses in the IPv4 dotted-decimal notation is of the form AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD where the smallest number is 0 and the largest number is 255.

Out of all that possible combinations, there are certain IP address ranges that are reserved for internal use only, meaning they're only usable for internal (personal) networks, and do not work in the "global" Internet. These addresses are:
- 192.168.x.x (Meaning 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255)
- 10.x.x.x (10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255)
- 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255
- 127.0.0.1 (special address, meaning "your" computer)

The 169.x.x.x range usually indicates self-assigned address for DHCP. Meaning, the computer assigned itself a random IP address because it was unable to get one from the network.

All other addresses are Internet addresses. So even if you have something like 1.2.3.4, that could still be a valid Internet address.