[Nancy J Stark]

How do I find out, physically, where my WAN is located? I mean what city?

I run a local area network with a dozen or so resources (workstations, laptops, printers) on it. Our LAN is connected to a Telco router which is connected via a T1 line to Earthlink.

So WHERE is the WAN located? In my router? On my server? Or on Earthlink's server?

Thanks.

[Courtneyc]

Go here. http://whatismyipaddress.com/

Courtney

[TerryNet]

Wide Area Network (WAN) is a relative term. If you connect a second router via its WAN port to your LAN, then that second router's WAN is the LAN that you described. For the connections you described your WAN is the internet--it is located all over the globe.

[Wanderer2]

"Our LAN is connected to a Telco router which is connected via a T1 line to Earthlink."

Sounds like you telco provider is providing you an internet t1 which just gets you to the cloud. From the cloud you are going to Earthlink.

You can check this a number of ways.
1. look at your telco bill for a frame relay or point to point circuit id
2. print out the config from the router
3. ask your rep/account manager at Earthlink