IP numbers

Meagan · Post by **Meagan** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:30 pm

All right. Could someone here explain IP numbers to me? Like, how do you tell if someone else is someone close to your area? Somebody! Please help! It's not all that importtant to me; its just driving me crazy! ^_^

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:14 pm

The IP address is assigned by the ISP (internet service provider) to the machine accessing the internet. In order to track an IP to a geographical location, you need to do some semi-stalker research by looking up which ISP is responsible for that IP code and the geographical areas it serves. Even this won't pin the IP down to a specific household without doing something illegal. In the case of a dialup connection, a unique IP is assigned each time you connect to the internet rather than a fixed IP, which makes tracking it even more difficult.

Meagan · Post by **Meagan** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:17 pm

Okay. Thanks. I was just being nosey! ^_^

Vishaing · Post by **Vishaing** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:15 am

this wouldn't by any chance have anything to do with your recent acquisition of bladed weaponry would it? not that I care, my IP is attatched to a Laptop, so its mobile and not registered to a single location.

Meagan · Post by **Meagan** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 1:55 pm

No no no! I was just wondering because I saw something about IP numbers, and I was like, "WTH?" But, I'm okay now.