What is IP address? Explain how you wll get IP address of a computer system.?

Question

IP = Internet Protocol

Answer 1

An IP Address, short for Internet Protocol address, is a string of four numbers, each ranging from 0 to 255, separated by periods, that uniquely identifies a specific computer on the Internet. For example, a computer may bear the following IP information: 163.024.163.27

This IP information is necessary because when you are on the Internet, you will then be able to receive e-mail messages, text and images from the Web sites you browse, etc. Normally your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will assign you a dynamic (temporary) IP address that lasts only for the length of your session on the Internet. If you reconnect to the Internet later, you will receive another temporary IP address. Computers with fixed (static) IP addresses use the domain name system to let others on the Internet reach them by entering just an identifying name, not some cumbersome four-part series of numbers. Therefore, this technical brief will show you how to view your Computers IP Information.


Viewing Your Computer’s IP Information

Begin by first clicking on the Start Button.

Then click on the Run Icon, which will open up the Run Menu for you.

Locate the white area of the screen next to the word Open: in the Run Menu.

Now type in the word COMMAND and click on the OK button at the bottom of the screen.

For Windows XP, you can also type in the word CMD and then click on the OK button.

This will launch the Window’s DOS Prompt Command Window for you.

Now using your keyboard, type IPCONFIG /ALL and press the Enter key.

Windows will now display the IP Configuration Information for your computer.

When finished, simply close the Command Prompt window to return back to Windows.

Note: This Technical Brief Will Work For All Operating Systems Including Windows XP

Answer 2

Hi

An IP Address is the protocol use on the internet to inter connect different network simoteaunlasly . You can get you NIC IP diferent ways , the most easy is , start / run then type CMD and the when the DOS prompt comes up , type IPCONFIG /ALL this will show ALL the network cards on your system with the ip attach to them

Answer 3

An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique address that devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard (IP). Any participating network device — including routers, computers, time-servers, printers, Internet fax machines, and some telephones — can have their own unique address. An IP address can also be thought of as the equivalent of a street address or a phone number (compare: VoIP) for a computer or other network device on the Internet. Just as each street address and phone number uniquely identifies a building or telephone, an IP address can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on a network. An IP address can appear to be shared by multiple client devices either because they are part of a shared hosting web server environment or because a proxy server (e.g. an ISP or anonymizer service) acts as an intermediary agent on behalf of its customers, in which case the real originating IP addresses might be hidden from the server receiving a request. The analogy to telephone systems would be the use of predial numbers (proxy) and extensions (shared). IP addresses are managed and created by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. IANA generally assigns super-blocks to Regional Internet Registries, who in turn allocate smaller blocks to Internet Service Providers and enterprises. BD

Answer 4

IP address is what you are assigned when you are on the internet. If you are using DSL or cable, then your IP Address never changes.

You can get an ipaddress from another computer by typing ipconfig in the command prompt

Goto Start-->Run--> and then type in the box command.
the command window will show up black and then type ipconfig

Answer 5

an IP adress is Known as "Internet Protocol" an ip adress is givin to you by a network such as AOL, when you have dailup your ip adress wont stay the same when you have DSL your ip will stay the same all the time unless you switch networks or ask for another one, IP's Hold alot of information hacker's can use it to hack you and also sites can use it to find you if you do an ilegal acton on the internet.

Answer 6

IP stands for Indian Police Address .. That is Jaill..

Answer 7

when networks were being made the need arose to be able to uniquely identify each computer. if you have a local network you can set up your own IP. if you're connected through an ISP then they'll give you one.

Answer 8

Click start, run, type cmd. When it opens, type ipconfig. There's your information.

Answer 9

This may be a virus. Just delete it.

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address