J R FOX wrote:I think the IP I got from ping was probably my own "domestic" one on my home LAN (2 PCs, and sometimes the laptop). No doubt I'd get something different if I were online.Not exactly. Most users have dynamic addresses (DHCP), "loaned" to them on a "lease." The lease terminates after, say, an hour,-- Patricia M. Godfrey PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx