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My router is locked

I dunno, is it?

 

Well, I'm gonna reset my router as well as the password on it first and foremost! Comp may get a reformat tonight as well...

 

you tell me! you're the one with the superior computer knowledge here!

 

Unfamiliar territory for me... But here is what I dug up.

Two machines can appear to have the same IP address on the internet at the same time if they happen to both be behind the same router.

In your home, you may have a router that connects to the internet as provided by your ISP. That connection can then be shared among multiple computers.

Part of what's being shared in the IP address.

In a situation such as this, the IP address is actually assigned to the router - it then in turn assigns local area network IP addresses to each of the machines connected to it. These are usually addresses of the form 192.168.x.x which by definition cannot appear on the internet itself. Each time a machine makes a request of the internet the IP address is "translated" by the router and appears to come from the single internet IP address that was assigned to it.

In other words, all the machines behind the router look like they have the same IP address on the internet.

Two machines can appear to have the same IP address on the internet at different times if they connect via DHCP.

DHCP, for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, is one of the ways that ISPs re-use IP addresses when computers aren't continuously connected (and even sometimes when they are).

DHCP dates back to the days of dialup when computers were typically only connected for a short while before someone had to use the telephone again. When you connected your computer via dialup, an IP address was assigned on the spot, and when they disconnected it was released. If another computer came along and dialed up after you had disconnected there is a good possibility that they might be assigned the same IP address that you'd just been using.

Even though we're often connected for much longer, the same technology is still in use. Depending on your equipment and how you connect it's very possible that your ISP is assigning you an IP address when you first connect and releasing it some time later. Once again, if after you disconnect someone else comes along it's possible that they could be assigned that IP that you'd just been using. And much like dialup, they really don't have to be all that close to you either, they simply need to be using the same ISP.

 

You're alive!!

Why so earlier?

 

I watched my first hockey game in like ten years the other day. I will admit, I actually kind of enjoyed it

 

LOL Hockey games can be a great stress relief...its amazing how fun it is to sit and scream like a maniac for a couple of hours.

my turn to be there was an ad in the sunday newspaper for a job that sounded interesting. spent yeaterday and today polishing up my resume yet again. go back to the newspaper website and I can't find the damn ad! GAAAAHHH!!!! I usually copy the text and save it to my computer but I didn't do that this time...now I don't have the info I need.

 

I mean these guys couldn't check or anything because they all have day jobs but... Part of the team was some guys I work with and it was their championship game. Pretty exciting even though there was like 4 goals the entire game...

 

^this

 

Yes. I went to their website, found the careers page and searched for jobs in MT...nothing!

 

And you should know of all people how to put together a sterling resume!

Did you do a search of Chronicle's website? What was the ad for?

 

Yes I did that too. I know I didn't imagine it. It was a job here but it was for a company that manages the inns in Yellowstone. Perfect for me! And the $$ sounded good. One of the ladies I work with gets the printed paper...I'll see if she still has sunday's