Not sure if this will help. But under connectivity, another way to get your ip is thru your start menu. Press the start button,click on run, type in cmd, then in the window that pops up type ipconfig
it will give you your ip address. And if you arent connected to the internet you can always run your shard with the ip of 127.0.0.1 for LAN connectivity. If you run on dial up, which i strongly dont recommend, and have a chaging ip. Get an acct. on
www.no-ip.com it will help you out a lot.
Hope i helped a little...