QUOTE(power @ May 18 2006, 03:42 PM) [snapback]51640[/snapback]
sify does.. go to www.whatismyip.com it shows internet ip assigned to you ( it changes everytime u logout and login again )
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If you are in
windows ..run this command at dos prompt ...."ipconfig¨ or in linux run "/sbin/ifconfig¨
Tell me the output... copy paste it here....
Or if you can analyse it , you will understand that you have typically a LAN ip address , and a loop back address ie 127.0.0.1....and a few more entries.
If you see the address at whatismyip.com in your ipconfig output , only then you are assigned a global ip address.
I run a ftp and http server from my home too.
Also if you know more people in your area (or same building), tell them to check their addresses at whatismyip.com ....most probably it will be same.
Actually what sify does is ...they have a Gateway on your Local network which has a global IP address and all the customers' machines connect to this Gateway ..as a gateway to the internet....like a NAT system. So the all the customers' machines look the same to external machines on the net.
@Genius..
So when your friend puts the IP address you see at whatismyip.com your local gateway encounters this request at port 80, but doesnt know which local machine to forward the requests on the LAN. Hence you cannot run a webserver/FTP with SIFY as far as I know.