Your IP Address...

[applehat]

Ever been curious what your IP address is?

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[MatrixMan]

4.224.189.121 ???

[MatrixMan]

Wat is an IP adress anyways... I know it has to do with your Internet Provider, but thats it.... please explain apple.

[Neon Beach]

Nope, not curious.

[mr belvedere]

Originally Posted by MatrixMan

Wat is an IP adress anyways... I know it has to do with your Internet Provider, but thats it.... please explain apple.

It's what the government uses to find you when they need you. :sarcasm:

[Dustin]

that is wierd

[billable]

Originally Posted by MatrixMan

Wat is an IP adress anyways... I know it has to do with your Internet Provider, but thats it.... please explain apple.

Hopefully it is in the general vicinity of the toilet.

[billable]

IP stands for Internet Protocol

An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 1.160.10.240 could be an IP address.

Within an isolated network, you can assign IP addresses at random as long as each one is unique. However, connecting a private network to the Internet requires using registered IP addresses (called Internet addresses) to avoid duplicates.
The four numbers in an IP address are used in different ways to identify a particular network and a host on that network. Four regional Internet registries -- ARIN, RIPE NCC, LACNIC and APNIC -- assign Internet addresses from the following three classes. Class A - supports 16 million hosts on each of 126 networks
Class B - supports 65,000 hosts on each of 16,000 networks
Class C - supports 254 hosts on each of 2 million networks

The number of unassigned Internet addresses is running out, so a new classless scheme called CIDR is gradually replacing the system based on classes A, B, and C and is tied to adoption of IPv6.

Understanding IP Addressing
Every computer that communicates over the Internet is assigned an IP address that uniquely identifies the device and distinguishes it from other computers on the Internet. An IP address consists of 32 bits, often shown as 4 octets of numbers from 0-255 represented in decimal form instead of binary form. For example, the IP address
168.212.226.204
in binary form is
10101000.11010100.11100010.11001100.
But it is easier for us to remember decimals than it is to remember binary numbers, so we use decimals to represent the IP addresses when describing them. However, the binary number is important because that will determine which class of network the IP address belongs to. An IP address consists of two parts, one identifying the network and one identifying the node, or host. The Class of the address determines which part belongs to the network address and which part belongs to the node address. All nodes on a given network share the same network prefix but must have a unique host number.
Class A Network -- binary address start with 0, therefore the decimal number can be anywhere from 1 to 126. The first 8 bits (the first octet) identify the network and the remaining 24 bits indicate the host within the network. An example of a Class A IP address is 102.168.212.226, where "102" identifies the network and "168.212.226" identifies the host on that network.
Class B Network -- binary addresses start with 10, therefore the decimal number can be anywhere from 128 to 191. (The number 127 is reserved for loopback and is used for internal testing on the local machine.) The first 16 bits (the first two octets) identify the network and the remaining 16 bits indicate the host within the network. An example of a Class B IP address is 168.212.226.204 where "168.212" identifies the network and "226.204" identifies the host on that network.
Class C Network -- binary addresses start with 110, therefore the decimal number can be anywhere from 192 to 223. The first 24 bits (the first three octets) identify the network and the remaining 8 bits indicate the host within the network. An example of a Class C IP address is 200.168.212.226 where "200.168.212" identifies the network and "226" identifies the host on that network. Class D Network -- binary addresses start with 1110, therefore the decimal number can be anywhere from 224 to 239. Class D networks are used to support multicasting. Class E Network -- binary addresses start with 1111, therefore the decimal number can be anywhere from 240 to 255. Class E networks are used for experimentation. They have never been documented or utilized in a standard way.

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[Electric_Sun]

Unless you've paid your ISP for a static IP, your IP address is dymanically assigned to you by your providers DHCP server. Once assigned, there is an expiration date/time also assigned to it and must be renewed with the ISP at that time. The ISP (internet service provider) can change your IP address at that time. This is all done automatically, so your address may change at any time. I have a dynamically assigned IP address, but it has not changed in months.

[Electric_Sun]

there are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those who don't.