A question for the networking people.
...or just anyone that knows more than me, basically.
I apologize if this has been covered. I tried doing a search but didn't really have an idea where to start.
I have a cable connection that runs through a router to my computers. Is there any way I can find the IP address that can be used to get to me from the "outside world"? What I mean is, if I try ipconfig, it of course gives me my local IP on my network (192.168.x.x). That's all fine and dandy, but I'd like to know what IP to use if, for instance, I wanted to create a game server for a few friends to connect to.
This has been bugging me since tonight I tried to take the role of server in a Halo match and the IP they were telling me to use was a LAN IP, which instantly threw up a red flag in my head because, while I know very little about networking, I know that address wouldn't be reachable to anyone outside my LAN, right?
I apologize if this post is somewhat rambling, I should be asleep by now.
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