How to address over The Net?

[Scott C. Best]

Wladyslaw:

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Scott

> Would someone help me with this problem by providing an idea of how to
> address my desktop PC from The Internet.
>
> I can always connect and remotely control my 2 desktops an one
> (wirelessly connected) notebook, in all combinations (deskPC1 > deskPC2,
> notebook > deskPC 2, etc. vice-versa...) INSIDE my little network crated
> by a wire/wirelees router (Linksys WRT 54GL in this case).
>
> But which address to use when demanding connection from my notebook VIA
> THE INTERNET???
>
> The problem is that my ISP provides me with a broadband connection in
> form of LAN cable.
>
>   1. The access authorization is for my main desktop's network card's
>      MAC but I set the router to clone/simulate that MAC and all is well.
>
>   2. My IP is formally dynamic but services such as "What's MY IP?",
>      etc. tell me for months that my IP is (in their eyes) the same
>      xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, except one site that gives me a quite different
>      (all 4 groups) address.
>
>   3. But I really do not know whether this is my REAL IP address, and
>      how can it be if it is seen as address of all my 3 PCs?
>
>   4. I do not quite know the topology of my Internet connection. All I
>      know is that there is a switch device running in a metal box on
>      the ground floor of my apartment building and then my Linksys
>      router from which run 2 LAN cable top my 2 desktops and wireless
>      "cable" to and from my notebook. Their addresses are,
>      conventionally, 192.168.1.2,    192.1.3,    192.168.1.4,    while
>      the router is, of course, 192.168.1.1.
>
>   5. I know that the ground floor switch sees me (my router) as
>      xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where the last 2 groups reflect my building's
>      street number and apartment number.
>
>
>    * So, can anybody tell me what should I type as any of my PC's
>      "Internet" address?
>
>    * Should I ask my ISP for help?
>
>    * Or just use a service such as DDNS? - which I would like to avoid
>      until I learn how to do it WITHOUT such service's assistance.
>
>
> Any help will be much appreciated.