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Topic ID 484
09/02/2004 by Craig
What is an IP Address?
Does anyone know what an IP address is?
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Reply ID 3905
09/02/2004 by Justme
I have heard the following.
when you go "on line", your computer broadcasts an IP number, i.e. this IP is personal to your computer only and leaves its "presence" on any sites you may visit. :o)
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Does anyone know what an IP address is?
Reply ID 3906
09/02/2004 by Craig
Oh - How interesting. 
So if someone joins Ware Online for example, their IP number is logged with their username.
So each time they made a posting to the site, I could work out where they come from.
That means that I could see what network they were on.
But wait - I could even trace the exact computer they were using because of the allocation of IP numbers.
So, if someone was using a computer, from an educational establishment for example, I could find out who posted the message.
Aren't IP numbers great.
Reply ID 3907
09/02/2004 by Andy B
I had just read some of the links and had come to the same conclusion.
How useful.
Reply ID 3910
10/02/2004 by SDArcy
May as well labour the point Craig...does this mean that Mr lloyd has been making threatening remarks, on this forum, from his school?...Xlnt!
Reply ID 3911
10/02/2004 by BurningFuse
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That means that I could see what network they were on.
But wait - I could even trace the exact computer they were using because of the allocation of IP numbers.
So, if someone was using a computer, from an educational establishment for example, I could find out who posted the message
Yes, in theory. However such data is likely to be protected under the Data Protection Act, and so ISPs are unlikely to give it away. Also if the user you are trying to trace is on a network then you may only be able to resolve to the network router rather than to the individual computer, depending on how their end is setup.
Also a person's IP address changes.
Broadband customers are likely to have a "sticky" IP address which stays the same for weeks at a time, but dial-up folks are most likely to be allocated a different IP address each time they connect.
Businesses can buy a static IP address (for a fee!).
BurningFuse
Reply ID 3912
10/02/2004 by BurningFuse
To find out your own current IP address go to:
[url]http://checkip.dyndns.org[/url]
BurningFuse
Reply ID 3913
10/02/2004 by Craig
Unless they happen to be using the Hertfordshire Learning Grid to access the Internet and this forum.
Their IP range is clear and they aren't to pleased with school children posting offensive remarks from their network.
I don't want their name but the schools Headmaster wants to know who it was...
Reply ID 3921
10/02/2004 by Justme
Yep ! - Good luck Craig !
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Unless they happen to be using the Hertfordshire Learning Grid to access the Internet and this forum.
Their IP range is clear and they aren't to pleased with school children posting offensive remarks from their network.
I don't want their name but the schools Headmaster wants to know who it was...
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