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Post by michele cryer on Nov 26, 2004 15:33:07 GMT
Don't know if this will work...but here goes... www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/ipinfo/A little bit about your IP address (Internet Protocol address). When you connect to the internet, either via your internet service provider (AOL, Prodigy, etc.), or your office LAN connection, you are assigned an IP address. This address identifies your computer from the other computers on the internet. Your IP address can be either static, meaning it never changes, or dynamic, meaning each time you dial-in or login you are assigned a new address for that session. Check with your internet service provider or network administrator to find out if your computer uses static or dynamic IP addressing. If you want to see your settings, in Windows 95/98 try the following: Go to Start/Run and do the command winipcfg That will bring up a network screen with your values. Windows 2000 you can go to a DOS prompt and do: ipconfig On the Macintosh to get your IP address try the following: Apple Menu --> Control Panels --> TCP/IP Control Panel On Mac OS X: 1. Open system preferences 2. Under internet and network, click 'network' It will show you your IP address.. If you receive a dynamic IP address from your internet provider, it will likely be different on your next session. So if you need your IP address for later use, please check when you log on for that session.
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Post by countgallo on Feb 4, 2005 22:41:26 GMT
Hi Michele
There are many web pages that log a users IP address when the user visits the web page.
Just a quick note. Although an ISP changes its users IP address the IP address always remains within a certain range which defines the ISP (as mentioned on the registration page).
However, when a firewall is used along with IP address translation or Network Address Translation (NAT), the IP address is scrambled and web pages (such as the one you posted) cannot correctly interpret the location.
Hence, the Windows Network IP Configuration (winipcfg or ipconfig) only applies to those who do not use NAT security, which probably accounts for the majority or web surfers.
Some computers (networks) such as colleges/businesses also use proxy server addressing which also hides the IP of any networked computer.
HTH
countgallo
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Post by michele cryer on Feb 7, 2005 17:11:41 GMT
Thanks for the info Count...
A friend of mine just had a little problem with somebody who she thought was posting as 2 different people on another website she belonged to, and we were trying to find out how we could see if that was the case using IP addresses...unfortunately we couldn't, so it's still a mystery, but she is no longer in touch with that person/s so the problem doesn't exist at the mo!
Glad to see you posting, I've been away from the site for a few days having a brand new pc system installed, so feelin' fine and dandy just now everybody!!!
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Post by michele cryer on Sept 30, 2005 3:28:46 GMT
Well, I know most PC users can have software installed that hides where they're really posting from, but just in case you're all nosy like me, and want to see where our guests are located...if they're not using said software, then here's the place to copy/paste ids: www.ip2location.com/free.aspIt's useful to see where it says your own IP address is...
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