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pctechtv1
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Change Browser IP on virtual machine

Hi, when you go to this address http://www.checkip.org/ it gives you what I have came to call your "browser" IP address. I call it that for lack of a better term(if anybody know the proper name for it please let me know). This address is always different than your IP address when you ping your computer. On a physical machine the only way I know to change it, is to change your modem, cable modem, dsl modem etc.; that is to physically replace it. I am wondering can a virtual machine and it configurable components change this type of "browser" IP address?

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schepp
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Hi welcome to the communities,

you might call it "public IP", as this is the IP you get from your ISP. (when you restart your modem/router, you often get a different IP)

In private and small company networks, you get only one public IP, which is taken by your router. The router does NAT then, giving all internal devices IPs from a private subnet.

When any client now goes online, the router will encapsulate it's packages and the public router IP will be shown to the internet service you are using.

So this has nothing to do with virtual machines.

Only way around this would be to get more public IP addresses.

Regards

Tim

pctechtv1
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Thanks so much. One way I can get a different one is to remove my router and switch and plug-in to the modem directly. That is why I thought the virtual appliances  that VMWARE deals with virtually might change it. When I restart my modem it seems to never changes. Thanks!

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TommyFreddy
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You have to change in domain entry, this is called c name, This is look like this .. example.com.      MX    0  foo.example.com. foo.example.com.  CNAME  host.example.com. host.example.com.  A      192.0.2.1 You can call any name that you like.

pctechtv1
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Thanks so much for the reply, I don't really understand what you are saying could you explain better? I think that you are saying it can be done via the changing of c name, correct? Is a c name something that is a setting for a virtual machine? Or in my main IP address? Thanks

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