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General ISP IP question..

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2024 12:41 pm
by BigCol
Hi, I've pondered on this for a little while, and when i get a new public IP on my WAN if this still happens...

How does my ISP give me a public (DHCP) address of 81.156.x.x, which shows in Winbox, but the network address is in Winbox shows as 172.16.11.215???

Thanks
Colin.

Re: General ISP IP question..  [SOLVED]

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2024 1:49 pm
by erlinden
The answer is either 42 or NAT.

Re: General ISP IP question..

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2024 1:58 pm
by BigCol
Thanks for the link - very clear.

i use 42 all too often :)