Secret Behind Your Network n Broadband IP.....???Every 1 Shud Kno..The IP address shown on the website on the Internet is different from ur real IP address .This is due to Port Address Translation (PAT) and Network Address Translation (NAT)The concept is simple..I will explain you..You have an IP address (real IP provided by your network.Let us call it Private IP address) and you use it to send a request packet to view a website.webpage.Now I will tell you how the packet travels..The packet goes to your gateway/router using the Private IP address..Then from there it changes its Ip and converts to an IP..lets say it Public IP address.Now if you access Internet,there,your Public IP will be shown and not Private IP address(For security reasons..ofcourse)Now if you check ur Ip on www.tracemyip.com..then...