getting IP address of router

[jim ruxton]

> my routers name is not garbage,
> 
> garbage is a bogus name that hopefully will not be found.
Hmmm , this doesn't work for me. traceroute just complains that the host
bogusname isn't found. Perhaps I have a different version of traceroute
?
jim
> 
> suse1:~ # traceroute -m 1 bogusname
> traceroute to bogusname (55.55.55.55), 1 hops max, 40 byte packets
>   1  192.168.1.1  0.404 ms   0.444 ms   0.410 ms
> suse1:~ #
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 7, 2005, at 5:05 PM, jim ruxton wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Ralph,
> > My router doesn't have a hostname. If I just do :
> > # traceroute -m 1 192.168.0.1
> >
> > I  just get:
> > traceroute to 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1), 1 hops max, 38 byte packets
> >
> > so it doesn't give it's internet IP address.
> > If I use garbage in place of 192.168.0.1 I get an unknown hostname
> > message.
> > Jim
> >
> >> try traceroute
> >>
> >> suse1:~ # traceroute -m 1 garbage
> >> traceroute to garbage (55.55.55.55), 1 hops max, 40 byte packets
> >>   1  192.168.1.1  0.405 ms   0.485 ms   0.411 ms
> >> suse1:~ #
> >>
> >> This gives me my routers dynamic ip (55.55.55.55)
> >>
> >> I don't know why, and it does not appear to de documented in the
> >> traceroute man page, but then I only skimmed though it.
> >>
> >> --
> >>   Ralph
> >>
> >> On Feb 7, 2005, at 3:34 PM, jim ruxton wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm sitting on a network behind a wireless Netgear router. Is there a
> >>> way to determine the routers dynamic internet IP address easily ie.
> >>> without going into the routers configuration menu?
> >>> Jim
> >>>
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