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(06-20-2011, 09:48 AM)NefCanuck Wrote: Ah okay then, "extra" pay week in July, so I can afford to do this (Yeah I'll probably be asking about IP addresses, etc. knowing how Bell likes to "customize" the hardware they give their customers)

NefCanuck

That's actually easy to get around. Your router will be configured to issue addresses within a certain range (likely 192.168.x.100 to x.150 or x.200). You just claim an address that lies outside of the range (like 192.168.x.15 or somesuch, where X is the 3rd "octet" or number in your addressing). examples are 192.168.0.100-200 or 192.168.1.100-200 as valid address "pools". Your laptop will have an automatically-assigned address. You can find this by opening a command prompt with CMD in the search/Run box - this opens a black Command Prompt screen. Then, type "ipconfig" and pressing enter at the black Command Prompt screen gives you your current IP address.

As for accessing it from outside, as Kev mentioned, that's a different ball game. You'll need to decide on the "how", whether FTP or another method, and then modify the router settings to reflect this. We can tackle that after you're up and running.