Airport and internet compatiblity issues

when i open Network Utility click on info and look at the network interface(en1) my IP starts with 144 instead of 192 does anybody know how to change it.
iMac 20inch Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I don't think that it is going to matter whether you connect to your DSL modem with Airport or with ethernet. It is the way the modem is configured that determines your Mac's IP address. The modem appears to be configured to negotiate your internet connection for you, probably using PPPoE to connect with your ISP and be assigned your external IP address and using DHCP to assign a local (internal) IP to anything that makes up your LAN, even if it is just your lone iMac.
There is a little app that you can get that appears in your finder menu bar that will tell you both your internal and external IP address, called IPMenu. Mine is installed in Apps/Utilities and is in a startuo item in my user account, so it isalways there without me having to remember to run it. Here is a link;
IPMenu

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304482
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