Originally Posted by cordelli
no-ip.com doesn't tell you what your IP is (you can use whatismyip.com for that if you need to).
What it does is allows you to have a site, call it
flyertalk.hopto.org
A little app runs on your machine so that every time it's started it registers it's IP address (if you use DSL or dial up your IP can change with each connect, or even during a session on my DSL, it sometimes restarts and reconnects at 12:30 every morning).
This way, if it's on say a laptop andn you travel with it, no matter what IP you are assigned in a hotel or whatever, people can reach you by going to flyertalk.hopto.org. It's free, and it's really cool.
Yeah, no ip will tell you what the ip of you machine is, if you run their free whats' my ip tool. Simply polls the ip, at either times or when it changes, and updates your no-ip IP address respectively. I just have to do a quick lookup and i'm back in businesss.