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can anyone tell me why my pc shows ip address
192.168.1.2 and when i check my ip online like
http://www.ip-adress.com it shows 55.95.x.x
and what is gateway address

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Because your home network is a 192.168.1.x

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network, but the online address is showing your ISP’s assigned address.

The IP address

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of 192.168.1.2 has been assigned to your pc by the router you are using, the 55.95.x.x address was assigned to your internet connection by your internet service provider, this is done because it would be a serious security risk to broadcast the IP address of your computer on the internet, addresses beginning with 192 are reserved for private networks and are not and never will be broadcast on the internet. In your case I assume your gateway address is 192.168.1.1 and that is the address of your router on your home network.
Hope that clears it up for you

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