when you remove your router so that you have a direct connection to the internet you still have a private IP address. What could this mean?
2007-07-09 12:35:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Well many dsl modems that are supplied by AT&T etc are actually routers so you will see a private address if you have one of those. If you have a true standard modem you will get a public address.
Check the make and model of the "modem" to see what it actually contains!
2007-07-09 15:36:43 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.) You can't remove your router
B.) With a direct internet connection you don't have to have a private IP, but you can. Basically, its the one on you side of the NAT.
2007-07-09 12:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by Linux OS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it depends on what you mean by private, you won't have a network anymore, so when you ping 192.168.x.x you'll get nothing, but as for people knowing your IP, such as web sites or hackers, it's all the same thing because your computer has to have a unique IP to access the internet anyways.
2007-07-09 12:45:41 · answer #3 · answered by neo214 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you do not. You are conected diretly to the ISP network and are open to the world. Your router acts as a hardware firewall if you set it up properly. When you connect directly, you are on for instance (lets say you have AT&T as your ISP) att.net's network and are open for all the world to see. If you have any shared folders, anyone can access them. Software firewalls are a joke. I can hack into any software firewall and so can many others. Keep your router.
2007-07-09 12:47:46 · answer #4 · answered by Synapse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋