Author: mttp Date: 2014-04-25 21:43:56 +0000 (Fri, 25 Apr 2014) New Revision: 26738

Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml Log: Tor Check no longer goes down all the time.

Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2014-04-24 19:16:44 UTC (rev 26737) +++ website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2014-04-25 21:43:56 UTC (rev 26738) @@ -931,27 +931,6 @@ coming through the Tor network. Try the <a href="https://check.torproject.org"> Tor Check</a> site and see whether it thinks you are using Tor or not. </p> - <p> - If that site is down, you can still test, but it will involve more effort. - Sites like <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">http://ipid.shat.net</a> and - <a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">http://www.showmyip.com/</a> will tell - you what your IP address appears to be, but you'll need to know your - current IP address so you can compare and decide whether you're using Tor - correctly. - </p> - <p> - To learn your IP address on OS X, Linux, BSD, etc, run "ifconfig". On - Windows, go to the Start menu, click Run and enter "cmd". At the command - prompt, enter "ipconfig /a". - </p> - <p> - If you are behind a NAT or firewall, though, your IP address will be - within the range of 10.XXX.XXX.XXX, 192.168.XXX.XXX, or 172.16.XXX.XXX - - 172.31.XXX.XXX, which is not your public IP address. In this case, you - should check your IP address with one of the sites above without using - Tor, and then check again using Tor to see whether your IP address has - changed. - </p>

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