What is IP address?

@amirev777 (4117)
India
June 9, 2008 2:46am CST
hi just wanted to know what exactly is an IP address-If there are two computers in a house,both using different internet connection,will the IP address b the same?
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@alcazar (761)
• India
9 Jun 08
IP Address mean Internet Protocol...its like a house number for you computer....The internet service providers use it for mainataining the accounts of different people...
@tx_666 (191)
• India
9 Jun 08
Thanx alcazar. If you did not post it I'd write same. ( + )for you..
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• India
9 Jun 08
IP adresses are the numbers in quad notation(four numbers separated by three dots) which uniquely identify a device in a network. they are of the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx can be from 000 to 255. The ip adresses assigned to computers are reserved fo individual uses.Ex 192.168.xxx.xxx These addresses can not be used by any domain on internet. As you say that you have two computers connected to different internets then they can have same of different ip addresses. Only when two computers are on a same lan segment they need to have different ip addresses.
@amirev777 (4117)
• India
9 Jun 08
hi thanx for the enlightenment-but u said they can have same of different IP address-i did not understand what u meant-did u say same or different ip address-but 2 computers with 2 different internet connection shud have 2 separate ip address.
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
10 Jun 08
hi thanx once again for providing me with such valuable information-u certainly have a great knowledge in this subject.
@sona22 (1430)
• India
3 Jul 08
Another web for checking you IP www.whatismyip.com
@ferdzNK (3211)
• Philippines
9 Jun 08
IP address is your PC's ID to the internet, it has to be a unique one in order for your search and download to go directly to yours and not to somebody else or your other PC. There are two types of IP address, the static (fix one) or the dynamic (changing every time you log-in to the internet). Both of this addresses will be assign to you by your ISP. If you are using a dynamic address chances are you would have the same address with somebody else BUT your ISP(DHCP server) will be the one to figure out which is which.
@amirev777 (4117)
• India
9 Jun 08
hi thanx for the information-thanx a lot for providing the enlightenment-but one thing which is difficult for me to grasp is meaning of static n dynamic ip address.
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
10 Jun 08
hi thanx for clearing most of my doubts-u have all made it so easy to understand something which was going above my head.
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
9 Jun 08
The IP address is the address which enables your computer to be located or found in the big network called the internet. If you have 2 internet connections then you should have different ip addresses. Oftentimes the ISP gives you a dynamic ip address which only they can control so your ip address will change depending on your isp. If you have a static ip which is routable or public then you can create a webserver and serve web pages from your pc.
@amirev777 (4117)
• India
9 Jun 08
hi that is what im actually looking out for-if i have 2 different internet connection i shud hv 2 diff IP address-offcourse that thing abt static and dynamic ip adresses r difficult to understand.
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• Poland
9 Jun 08
If the internet connection is diffrent then IP will be too. IP is like a code adress. Diffrent for every house.
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
9 Jun 08
hi thanx for the information-i have two computers in my house with two different internet connections,what will be IP address of my home?
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