
Finding out your IP address
Users who want to connect to your server over the internet need to know your computers IP address (something that looks like 141.24.4.5). Unless you have a static (fixed) IP address, the address changes everytime you connect to the internet. If you are behind a router, there is an internal and an external IP address. The external IP is the one you want; it differs from the internal address that you see, for example, in the System Preferences.
To find out your current external IP address:
- After starting a server, click once on the words Server running at the bottom of Quinns window. After a short delay the IP address appears.
- You can copy the IP address to the clipboard by clicking it with the option key held down.
If that doesn't work:
- Maybe youre using a tool like Little Snitch or NetBarrier, which blocks network connections? Quinn uses the Terminal utility curl to get your IP, which must be allowed to make a connection on port 80.
- When you are not behind a router, there is no difference between internal and external IP address. In this case, have a look at Quinns network log (Network menu) after starting a server.
- Otherwise, you can use a service like whatismyip.com or whatsmyip.org (just enter one of these URLs in your browsers address field).