iPhone IP address?

MileHiPhone · 11-16-2007, 08:05 PM

I'm trying to get AFP working with the iPhone but I'm not sure how to determine the IP address for my phone? How/where do I find that?

Thanks for the help!

ravman · 11-16-2007, 08:11 PM

Go to your WIFI settings and select the arrow pointing to the right next to the network you are connected to. It will show you a settings window, showing your IP address.

Settings -> WIFI -> (right arrow to connected network) -> IP Address

Originally Posted by MileHiPhone

I'm trying to get AFP working with the iPhone but I'm not sure how to determine the IP address for my phone? How/where do I find that?

Thanks for the help!

MileHiPhone · 11-16-2007, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by ravman

Go to your WIFI settings and select the arrow pointing to the right next to the network you are connected to. It will show you a settings window, showing your IP address.

Settings -> WIFI -> (right arrow to connected network) -> IP Address

Thank you! I knew I had seen it before but I was drawing a total blank. Now I feel like an idiot.

SmartAlx · 11-21-2007, 06:31 PM

Why is that address different for each different network I join?

meiphones_brill · 11-21-2007, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by SmartAlx

Why is that address different for each different network I join?

The same reason as why the address of every pub I visit is different. They're different addresses.

The phone has it's own address - called a MAC address. You don't need to know what that is usually. Each network is its own little discrete entity away from the internet - usually with addresses in the range 192.168.x.x or 10.0.x.x but they can be many things.

The phone talks to the network it joins and asks for an address - so even if you revisit the same hotspot twice, you may not get the same address.
This is simplified a bit but that's basically how it works.

SmartAlx · 11-21-2007, 07:03 PM

Ok, so it's not our iPhone's IP Address, it's connections address. Our iPhones don't have static IPs. I understand. Every time you need to use your iPhone's IP, you have to check again. Every single time, because it's going to be different from the last time you used the phone's IP address.

Now how do you find out the IP address if you are connected via EDGE instead of wifi?

meiphones_brill · 11-21-2007, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by SmartAlx

Now how do you find out the IP address if you are connected via EDGE instead of wifi?

No idea. It's very unlikely to do you any good even if you find it. You can point your browser at www.whatismyip.com

That'll give you an IP address that MAY be your phone's address.

You could email yourself and look at the email header to see what the first RECEIVED line shows as the IP address - but this may not be the address either.

If you do both - and they're the same, then the odds are good.

You could also ssh in if it's enabled and run ifconfig if it's installed. <-- utter coblers

But even if you find it - you won't be able to connect to it. Your network provider will make sure of that.

Tinman · 11-22-2007, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by SmartAlx

Ok, so it's not our iPhone's IP Address, it's connections address. Our iPhones don't have static IPs. I understand. Every time you need to use your iPhone's IP, you have to check again. Every single time, because it's going to be different from the last time you used the phone's IP address.

In the scope of the OP you can use a static IP. I use a static (private/NAT'd) IP on the WLANs in my home and at work--the places where I'm most likely to need access to my iPhone via a LAN/WLAN. This way I don't need to keep updating my SSH setting and whatnot.

I also run Apache on my iPhone to serve up locally-stored files to either my iPhone or another machine on the same WLAN (disabled when not used).

Now how do you find out the IP address if you are connected via EDGE instead of wifi?

Doesn't really matter as you can't access the iPhone via AT&T EDGE like you can on your on WiFi network. You don't get a valid public IP via EDGE, so there is no way to access the iPhone directly via IP, nor is there anyway to get through via the public IP (no way to forward ports).

IIRC for a price AT&T will let you buy either dynamic public IPs or static IPs. But these are business-class services and AFAIK you can't use an iPhone on those types of AT&T accounts.

BTW: the iPhone actually gets two IPs via EDGE: one is used for your 'Net access and the other--only obtained on demand--is used for visual voicemail.

--
Mike

yapstuz · 10-20-2008, 04:15 PM

my phone is in an endless reboot, i want to ssh in but i can't remember my iphone's ip address. any help please?

psylichon · 10-20-2008, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by yapstuz

my phone is in an endless reboot, i want to ssh in but i can't remember my iphone's ip address. any help please?

Chances are it's 192.168.1.x where x is any number from 2 to 255. Unless you have that many wireless devices in your home, however, it's a safe bet it's one of the first ten.

If you really want to know, go into your wireless router settings by browsing to 192.168.1.1 on your computer and select the option to view attached devices.

This is all assuming a Linksys or similar router. Some manufacturers use different base IP's.