Ok, so some of you might require having access to your IP address (for example, for remote connecting to your router) - if your IP address is dynamic this could prove a problem as it will always be changing!

Sling Media offers a service called Finder ID which turns your Finder ID (which uniquely identifies your Slingbox) to your home IP address!

To access your IP address simply:

1. Connect to your Slingbox


2. Go to "start" button


3. Click "Run"


4. Type "cmd.exe" (an MS-DOS box will pop up)


5. Type "netstat"

You will see a picture like the one featured to the right of this article. You will see a list something of the form:

TCP andy-r2j6obea30:2065 host86-129-225-78.range86-129.btcentralplus.com:https ESTABLISHED

The "host86-129-225-78.range86-129.btcentralplus.com" bit is your hostname - which can be used as an IP address - or if you want the exact IP address, you can type "ping hostname (where hostname is your hostname from netstat)" at the MS-DOS prompt.

eg.

ping host86-129-225-78.range86-129.btcentralplus.com

You will have something that looks like this:

Pinging host86-129-225-78.range86-129.btcentralplus.com [86.129.225.78] with 32 bytes of data

The number in the square brackets is your IP address.

Regards,

Andrew