QUESTION: IP Addresses ...

For the technologically impared ...

Is the IP # attached to your computer or your house? If you get a new computer, do you get a new IP address? If you move, do you get a new IP address? And does your IP address ever change?


TIA

Message edited 2/1/2006 8:13:19 PM.

Re: QUESTION: IPT Addresses ...

The IP address is assigned to the modem.

However, if you have more than one computer, each computer has it's own internal IP address, which is assigned by the router.

If you replaced your computer, the IP address stays the same, as long as you keep the same modem or router.

Message edited 2/1/2006 8:13:54 PM.

Re: QUESTION: IPT Addresses ...

so if you get a new computer...you get a new address?

Re: QUESTION: IPT Addresses ...

Is that the same as IP? Because I think that it has to do with your provider. I have a different IP addy now because I moved and switched my internet from Time Warner to Suscom.

Also, I remember when I first got the cable modem that I checked my IP using the dial up to see if they differed, and they did.

Re: QUESTION: IPT Addresses ...

oops, never mind!

Message edited 2/1/2006 8:13:27 PM.

Re: QUESTION: IP Addresses ...

yes I meant IP ... IPT is my client

Re: QUESTION: IP Addresses ...

You can check your IP address by going to the following website (I do this all the time for work)

www.whatismyipaddress.com


Every computer connected to the Internet is assigned a unique number known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
IP addresses consist of four numbers separated by periods (also called a "dotted-quad") and look something like 127.0.0.1.

Since these numbers are usually assigned to internet service providers within country-based blocks, an IP address can often be used to identify the country from which a computer is connecting to the Internet.

Because the numbers may be tedious to deal with, an IP address may also be assigned to a Host name, which is sometimes easier to remember. Hostnames may be looked up to find IP addresses, and visa-versa.

At one time ISPs issued one IP address to each user. These are called static IP addresses. Because there is a limited number of IP addresses and with increased usage of the internet ISPs now issue IP addresses in a dynamic fashion out of a pool of IP addresses (Using DHCP). These are referred to as dynamic IP addresses. This also limits the ability of the user to host websites, mail servers, ftp servers, and DNS servers. Dynamic DNS services can be used to provide DNS records for servers running on dynamic assigned IP addresses.

In addition to users connecting to the internet, with virtual hosting, a single machine can act like multiple machines (with multiple domain names and IP addresses).

An IP address can sometimes be used to determine the user's general location.