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im trying to help my dad connect to our router, but the router needs to know his IP  and he cant connect to the internet, so he cant go on sites like www.whatismyipadress.com or use the start/run/cmd/ ipconfig

so, are there any offline techniques for this? thanks and i had no idea where to put this topic, it didnt really fit anywhere

Don't you have to assign an IP? What I mean is it sounds like you're setting up a network. It depends on what type of network you're creating; Home Network or LAN/WAN network.
Also, on many Dial-Up networks the IP address is dynamic. It changes each time you connect.

well, the home network is already set up (with 1 laptop connected wirelessly) and im just trying to add to the network

im using a Corega COR-BAR-AWLA-54 router which can do LAN and it even says WLAN

WLAN is Wireless LAN. However all you need to do is connect to your router via wireless or wired. Its a router, so it assigns IPs.

You can check your IP by going to

Start > Run > CMD > ipconfig/all

Cheers
Cameron

hmm i thought it was wide-local area network.... i tried that ipconfig thing already and i only got a list of the routers in the area

Well if your trying to wirelessly connect to your router then all you need to do is go into the Wireless Connection settings on the lappy or whatever and select your router from the list.

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Cameron

If it's a network, don't you type in 127.0.0.1 or something ?

Actually if its a router with the defult settings its

192.168.1.1

Cheers
Cameron

Well if your trying to wirelessly connect to your router then all you need to do is go into the Wireless Connection settings on the lappy or whatever and select your router from the list.

Cheers
Cameron

the router is protected from un-allowed internet acess, so thats why i need to find the laptop's IP so i can tell the router that the laptop is friendly (and wont bite )

Cameron, how do you know everything?  ::)

Alex  ;D

the router is protected from un-allowed internet acess, so thats why i need to find the laptop's IP so i can tell the router that the laptop is friendly (and wont bite ;D)

In Windows XP, click run and then "cmd" and then OK. A black box will open. At the prompt (C:> or something like it) type "ipconfig" and hit the enter key. This will show you your computer's IP address for each network device (such as an ethernet card and wireless card, or modem) as well as other settings if you are connected to a network. In the event that you are connected to a network, the IP address will be the internal address on your network. Likely something like 192.168.x.x.

Theres a better way than IP limiting. Its called WEP Use that, a 128bit encription is just as good.

Cheers
Cameron

Actually if its a router with the defult settings its

192.168.1.1

Cheers
Cameron

depends on the router.. some netgear routers are 192.168.0.1

the router is protected from un-allowed internet acess, so thats why i need to find the laptop's IP so i can tell the router that the laptop is friendly (and wont bite )

Just bring up the wireless configuration on the remote computer and it will show you the available networks in range.. Sometimes you can pick up you neighbors WIFI however it should show the wireless network in the configuration screen, from there you need to tell the system to connect and it will ask you for the WEP key (password). Assuming you have a proper signal, that

yeh, i thought it should ask you to enter a password, but it just tries connecting straight off

and to everyone out there

i have already tried the cmd method!!!!!!!!!