why wont my i.p address work in the browser?

Question

i am trying to port forward so i can play no more room in hell with some friends and for some reason when i try and type my ipv4 address into the search bar in a fresh browser absolutely nothing happens or chrome says that it cant find the address.
thanks.
btw the ip i am typing in is
http://192.168.1.xx

Answer 1

To find your PC IP address

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On the PC: Click [Start] - Click [Run...] - enter: cmd [ENTER]

- At the prompt (c:\.....>) enter: ipconfig [ENTER]

IP Address .....

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Internet IP address - http://whatismyipaddress.com/

Answer 2

Are you running a web server on your computer? If not, then that is the problem.



You say you are typing 192.168.1.??. Let us assume that the full address is

192.168.1.12



When you enter this address into your browser, it will try and access a web server on port 80 at address 192.168.1.12. Port 80 is the port number that is reserved for an HTTP web service. If you are not running a server that is serving this port, then you will get nothing sensible, and may not get anything at all.



If you have set up port forwarding, this will forward any packets arriving from the Internet on your public IP address (not the 192.168.1.xx address) on the specified port and send the packets to the internal address you have defined as being the server for that port. Port forwarding normally means that the server machine on your private network has to be set on a static address, and not rely on getting its address automatically from your router.



I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Wow there's a lot of confused answers for this one! :)



You say you're setting up port forwarding, so you're trying to access your router with it's IP in the browser, not your own IP address. Usually it will be 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 by default, but that depends on the make/model of the router. Really this is a router configuration question, for which you should post the make/model to start with.

Answer 4

I recommend that you read the manual that comes with your router. It should tell you exactly how to forward ports to your computer.

It will also tell you which IP address to use.



You can also find your routers IP address using the command line:

start - all programs - accessories - Command Prompt

cmd> ipconfig /all



Now find the network device you use to connect to internet (below an example):

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



And it's gateway:

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1



Now type in your browser http://192.168.1.1 to reach your router.

Answer 5

well firstly, you need to specify that you are trying to connect to the ip locally-- so no Http, simple put "\\" before the ip:

\\192.168.1.xx



But keep in mind- if you are port forwarding, you will need not your ipv4, but your internet IP



Go here, it will tell you your ip

http://www.whatismyip.com/

from there you will need to get the port that is being forwarded- eg. 799

In the multiplayer area of the game in the host/ ip you will enter

(IP eg. 120.192.120.192) and in the port section enter the port:799

if there is no port location, the IP will look something like:

120.192.120.192:799

Answer 6

That is your internal IP address allocated by your router. Go here to see your external IP address...



http://whatismyipaddress.com