<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Peng Yu <<a href="mailto:pengyu.ut@gmail.com">pengyu.ut@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> My ip address shown by ifconfig is different from what is shown by <a href="http://www.whatismyip.com/" target="_blank">http://www.whatismyip.com/</a>. But this is shown by firefox.<a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank"></a> </blockquote></div> The ip shown by this websites I guess is the one which ISP has provided for you for the internet connection you are paying to ISP. If you have set a local address like 192.168.1.1, that is not the one which is a real ip. I guess the same thing for me too.... that's why.... -- Two atoms are walking along. Suddenly, one stops. The other says, "What's wrong?" "I've lost an electron." "Are you sure?" "I'm positive!" =================================================== <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/whyilikeubuntu/" target="_blank">I really get less time!</a> ===================================================