When I bring up the ipconfig screen in command, my ip address is ? in two places.
Also, there are other question marks just by themselves.
The comcast guys say they’ve never heard of that before.
This is what I get on the screen:
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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : pimppc
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . . . . . : hsd1.wa.comcast.net.
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.wa.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-18-D5-57
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . : 71.236.204.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 71.236.204.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.69.13
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.69.150
68.87.85.102
?
?
?
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 16, 2010 10:39:45 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 20, 2010 10:39:45 AM
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan>
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Other things on the screen look strange to me also but I figured someone with more knowledge could comment on that. Thank you in advance. Ryan
Unusual to have two places for an IP address. I can only guess that the second IP address is reserved for an IPv6 address and you don’t have IPv6 installed. If everything is working properly I wouldn’t worry about it.
From the description I can see that you have your Modem plugged directly into you computer. I would give some consideration to getting a router. This will have a built in firewall and along with NAT will give you some protection from hackers. As it is your computer will be visible to all on sundry on the Internet.
I’m thinking you’re right about the ipv6.
I actually have a router, I just unplugged it to eliminate it from the equation temporarily.
I do appreciate the consideration though.
If I uncheck tcp/ip version 6 the top ip address and ? disappear but the one under
“tunnel adapter” still remains.
I wouldn’t worry about the tunnel adapter. That is often put there by some device that requires network connectivity, often a Bluetooth device, that is not presently connected.