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what is an ip addresses?
Topic Started: Dec 26 2005, 12:59 AM (536 Views)
Don Diva
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What is an ip address and can u use it to track someone (a theif).
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Don Diva
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i want to know what it is, so i can track a theif who stole my brother's laptop. the fool just text me.
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p0pcicle
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Each machine connected to the Internet has an address known as an Internet Protocol address (IP address). The IP address takes the form of four numbers separated by dots, for example: 123.45.67.890

You can look up someone's IP at various sites such as
WhoisIP

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thebiohazardclan
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an ip adress is a unique number for just your computer usually asigned by an isp. you cannot track someones activity by an ip, but you can find where they are located, however if it is a 'thief' then they probobly are smart enough to have a dynamic ip. that means that there ip changes sparatically, and/or they stay behind a proxy server which hides their ip farther. So in short...no...you can't.
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Ben
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Quantum-locked when observed.

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Don Diva
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thank u! oh well...when I finish college I learn how to do this stuff.
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thebiohazardclan
December 26, 2005 12:06 AM
an ip adress is a unique number for just your computer usually asigned by an isp. you cannot track someones activity by an ip, but you can find where they are located, however if it is a 'thief' then they probobly are smart enough to have a dynamic ip. that means that there ip changes sparatically, and/or they stay behind a proxy server which hides their ip farther. So in short...no...you can't.

Just to clarify, ISP = Internet Service Provider. :)
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Shangri-La
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Since we're on the subject of IPA's, IP chicken will tell you your own IPA
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Daniel Talbot
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An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique number that devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard. Any participating device — including routers, computers, time-servers, internet FAX machines, and some telephones — must have its own unique address. This allows information passed onwards on behalf of the sender to indicate where to send it next, and for the receiver of the information to know that it is the intended destination.

The numbers currently used in IP addresses range from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255, though some of these values are reserved for specific purposes. This does not provide enough possibilities for every internet device to have its own permanent number. Subnet routing, Network Address Translation and the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server all allow local networks to use the same IP addresses as other networks elsewhere though both are connected to the Internet. Devices such as network printers, web servers and email servers are often allocated static IP addresses so they can always be found.

IP addresses are conceptually similar to phone numbers, except they are used in LANs (Local Area Network), WANs (Wide Area Network), and the Internet. Because the numbers are not easy for humans to remember, the Domain Name System provides a service analogous to an address book lookup called "domain name resolution" or "name resolution". Special DNS servers on the internet are dedicated to performing the translation from a domain name to an IP address and v.v.

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