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What the hell is a ip adress

Asked by iiiiidciiiii 16 days ago, 4 answers.

what is a ip adress

Answered by captainassassin on Nov 05, 2009, 09:19AM
6184 answers

You know how your home has a PHYSICAL address in the real world? Well, your computer has a IP address in the digital (Internet) world.

The 32-bit number uniquely identifying a node on a network using Internet Protocol, as defined in STD 5, RFC 791. An IP address is normally displayed in dotted decimal notation, e.g. 128.121.4.5. The address can be split into a network number (or network address) and a host number unique to each host on the network and sometimes also a subnet address.

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Answered by feetcollector on Nov 05, 2009, 09:28AM
67 answers

can you change you ip address from a hacker?

Answered by clawjaw (Online now) on Nov 05, 2009, 09:39AM
463 answers

yes you can change your ip

Answered by torturdchaos on Nov 05, 2009, 11:06AM
176 answers

if you are not behind a router you can try opening command prompt and type

ipconfig /release
hit enter
then type
ipconfig /renew
hit enter

That should ask your ISP for a new ip address. if you are behind a router, it will just ask your router for a new ip address, but wont change the ip address that is assigned to you by your ISP.

You can tell if your behind a router if there is more than one computer hooked up to your internet connection or while in command prompt type

ipconfig

if you ip address is something like 192.168.1.xxx or 192.168.0.xxx your most likely behind a router.

if you are behind a router you have to log into your routers interface and tell it to give you a new IP address.