ip address query

[David Fletcher]

On Mon, 2011-10-31 at 11:24 +0000, Steve Flynn wrote:
> On 31 October 2011 06:57, Linux Tyro <ubuntu.bkn1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 

> Think of it as your WAN address is your real postal address - 10 Front
> Street, whereas your internal 192.168. addresses are the various rooms
> in your house. Anyone who wants to come in to your house needs your
> external address, but once they are in they can visit any room. Your
> router acts as your front door.
> 
> That's a fairly weak analogy but it'll suffice...
> 

To get to the correct room from outside, though, you'll need to set up
port forwarding on the router.