Questions tagged [ip-address]
An IP address is a unique network-level identifier assigned to a network-enabled device.
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How can I make my IP address appear to be from another country?
How do I make it appear that my IP address is coming from one country while I'm located in another?
I live in Germany and some websites (like Hulu or Youtube) don't work because my IP isn't in the US. ...
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Why does pinging 192.168.072 (only 2 dots) return a response from 192.168.0.58?
I mistakenly missed the dot off of an IP address and typed in 192.168.072.
To my surprise I connected to a machine at 192.168.0.58
If I ping 192.168.072 I get responses from 192.168.0.58.
Why is ...
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Is it possible to host a web server from behind a NAT
My PC is behind a NAT router that has a public IP address. If I want to host a website then I believe I need a domain name which I can purchase from some site which would pledge to resolve all DNS ...
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Fastest method to determine my PC's IP address (Windows)
This may seem trivial but I'm looking for the quickest method to determine my PC's IP address within my network.
This changes regularly as I connect from one network to the next via DHCP
The ...
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Getting my IP address?
My system has a dynamic shared IP provided to me by my ISP. I want to give my IP address to a friend so she can allow access to her server for requests coming from my IP.
Can someone please tell me ...
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Why did the IETF specifically choose 192.168/16 to be a private IP address class?
Why did the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) choose 192.168/16 to be a private IP address classand not something else?
Why specifically 192.168/16 and 10/8 and 172.16/12 and not 145.243/16 for ...
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Why is there a difference between ping "localhost" and ping "local IP address"?
Using cmd and ping on Windows gave me the following results:
Pinging "localhost":
Pinging "192.168.0.10" (local IP address):
Aren't both situations exactly the same?
I mean, I'm pinging the same ...
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What is Windows command to convert machine name to ip address and vice versa?
I need to know the ip address of another machine in a lan network.
What is the Windows command for getting ip address from machine name and vice versa?
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Why is Windows' default IP address 169.xx.xx.xx?
My Windows system got an 169.xx.xx.xx IP address the other day, and I fixed the issue, but why did Microsoft chose this address as the default?
Why not 1.xx.xx.xx or 255.xx.xx.xx? Did one guy at ...
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Is 225.225.225.128 a valid subnet mask?
I have been told that we have two devices on a network:
10.40.225.142 and 10.40.225.144
These devices both have
Gateway 10.40.225.129
Subnet mask 225.225.225.128 (note 225 is Not a typo)
These ...
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What's the difference between 127.0.0.1 and 0.0.0.0?
I understand that 127.0.0.1 points to localhost, and so does 0.0.0.0 (correct me if I'm wrong). So, what's the difference between 127.0.0.1 and 0.0.0.0?
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What is the 127.0.0.2 IP address for?
I'm running the example in hiredis, which is using 127.0.0.2 as the Redis server IP, and it is running properly. Actually, the redis server is running on the same machine. I know that 127.0.0.1 is the ...
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How does a NAT server forward ping ICMP echo reply packets to users?
NAT uses an IP address port number combination to hash the outgoing requests. Since ping requests consist of ICMP echo request packets, they do not have any associated port number. How does a NAT ...
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Get IP Address from TeamViewer without connecting
Is it possible to know the (public) IP address of a computer where TeamViewer is ready for a remote control session - without connecting to the computer?
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Is there a way to disable the DHCP client in Raspbian Linux on a Rasperry Pi?
I have a Linux server (Rasperry Pi using Raspbian as OS) that should be using only static IP.
However I noticed that it also has got IP from DHCP server (The IP given out by DHCP is 192.168.111.2). ...
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Why can't IP addresses start with 0 or 255?
It was specified somewhere (presumably in an RFC) that Class A addresses range from 1-126 in the first octet, and that class E addresses range from 240-254, but that leaves out two potential networks ...
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Find all past desktop IP addresses
Is there a way to find some type of log file that saves all IP address that were assigned to a desktop?
I changed an static IP of a desktop (switched it to DHCP) of mine and i can not recall what the ...
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Why is ip address listed as 172.18.0.150/24?
Why is IP Address listed with this notation 172.18.0.150/24? I mean the ip is 172.18.0.150 only why it haves /24?, and then whatever what subnet that is on should be someone else's worries, no?
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Can someone please explain ifconfig output in Mac OS X?
When I do ifconfig on my Mac, I get a list of the following interfaces:
lo0
gif0
stf0
en0
fw0
en1
vmnet8
vmnet1
I wonder what each interface is. Also, which of these is the IP interface ? I don't ...
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How can I ping a range of IP addresses simultaneously [closed]
I have a bunch of machines on an IP address range which I want to ping simultaneously as a quick and dirty way of telling which ones are switched on. What (free) software can I use to do this?
I'm ...
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What's the meaning of 10.0.0.1/24 address of my computer (from the "ip addr" command)?
What's the meaning of 10.0.0.1/24 address of my computer (from the ip addr - command)?
Why is it 1/24 and not 0/8?
Why is it using the 10.0.0 range and not 192.168.10?
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IP Address vs MAC addresses
why do we need ip addresses if mac address is enough to identify the machine???
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How to get the real IP address of someone using a proxy?
I was researching digital goods and security when I stumbled upon this company. One of the services they provide is "Real IP". They claim to be able to get the real IP address of users even when ...
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Is there a way to obtain the true IP address of someone masking their IP? [closed]
There is someone harassing me through emails and I need to know if there is a legal/legitimate way I can obtain their true IP address. They started masking their IP address after I used the email ...
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How To Find My Previous IP Addresses
Is it possible to find out what IP addresses a computer has been assigned by their ISP in, say - the last six months? I know the current IP address but would like to see the one before that, and ...
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Port is open, but can't access it via external IP address
I have RavenDB running on localhost:8080. I would like to make it externally accessible, just as a test (ignore security concerns for now).
To do so, I configured my router to forward external port ...
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Why do I need to renew my IP address every time I start my computer before I can get internet access?
I have a very weird problem that has just popped up out of the blue. When I start my Windows 10 machine I don't immediately have access to the internet. I can connect the the router but I have no ...
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How do I extract the IPv4 IP Address from the output of ipconfig
I'm attempting to have cmd copy only a specific set of character from a command output. I've been able to select the line that the phrase exists in but from there I am lost. Here is my command so far.
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Duplicate IP Adresses
My roommate and I are experiencing a problem in that our computers have the same IP address. I have a laptop and he's got a desktop, and only recently did this occur, in the past day or two.
Is there ...
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Make dynamic IP address fixed?
I am using Time Warner cable internet service. My IP address changes every couple months. However, I need to access some access limited servers which has firewall rules on it.
Is there any way to ...
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Local vs Internet IP addresses
So I have two IP addresses - one is on my network settings and is 192.168.0.X. Another one - I checked this address online - is 108.X.X.X. What's the difference between these two IP addresses? Does it ...
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I'm using Cisco Packet Tracer for Simulation and got error "ip address overlaps with..etc"
The 1st row is for my router and the 2nd row is for my LAN. What's wrong? Is my IP addressing and subnetting wrong? I already checked my configuration.
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Locally, External IP Resolves to Router Admin
I have a Belkin F5D7230-4 router, and I don't have many problems with it, however one thing which has always bugged me is that its admin page is accessible locally via two locations: 192.168.2.1 and ...
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Adding localhost entry to Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file with port number
I have set up a local site under IIS 7.5 under port 900. to access it I should type localhost:900 in the address bar.
I'm a little bit familiar with the System32\Drivers\etc\hosts file and I know I ...
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How do I change my system's IP address?
I need to test my application when there is a change in the IP address. What should I do to change my machines IP address?
Note: The IP address for my machine is obtained automatically. It's not a ...
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How do I get cells in Excel that contain IP addresses to sort properly?
I am currently working with a large list of IP addresses (thousands of them).
However, when I sort the column containing the IP addresses, they don't sort in a way that is intuitive or easy to follow....
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How to find ip address of my Asus RT-AC86U in Access Point mode?
I'm using an Asus wireless router model RT-AC68U and can connect fine to the internet using it wirelessly. I configured the router to be an Access Point, but having done so, I can no longer locate ...
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Pinging different IP address than what I entered [duplicate]
Can anyone please explain why CMD pings a different IP address than the one I am searching for?
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How to go to a website on a shared server by its ip address?
I have a few questions, please help:
Fist, I can access Google search just by typing http://74.125.224.211, because this is the IP address returned by nslookup.
However, I could not do so with the ...
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Command to find network interface for IP
With ipconfig I can show the list of network adapters and their settings, e.g. the IP address.
I'm looking for a reverse command that displays the name of the network adapter for a given IP address.
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Can ping fine but no browsing
I've got a laptop which has a verified internet connection. I can ping www.google.co.uk and receive a response no problem. However IE, Chrome, Firefox, MSN messenger cannot connect to the internet.
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How to find my VPN client IP in windows
When I run ipconfig and I get the following:
C:\Documents and Settings\grmsrh14>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . ...
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How does DNS work when it comes to addresses after slash?
Watching the DNS and SNI of my network adapter in Wireshark, all I see is domain names and sub-domain names, but nothing after the slash, like no mention of example.com/page or twitter.com/mypage
So, ...
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Is it possible to get the NAT Ip Address?
is it possible to get my nat ip address across the Internet? I know I can see my ISP address but not my internal address. I remember seeing this done one time but I am thinking it was a java applet ...
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Given a PC's MAC address, can I find its IP?
Is there a way to get the IP address when all you have is the MAC of an item?
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Set up two (2) IP addresses on the same network card?
I think it is possible to set up 2 IP addresses and subnet masks on one NIC in Windows XP.
How can this be done?
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Can you have a class C IP address with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0?
Can you have a class C IP address with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0?
What happens when you have a setting like this?
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How can I redirect "localhost" to another local IP?
This is my situation:
Two computer under the same router, 192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.102
This is what I like to do: On 192.168.1.101, while accessing port 22 with localhost, it directs the traffic ...
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How to know the IP address of a Mac when it is in network
My Mac Mini is connected in a network (LAN). As every one knows, each connected machine in a network has a unique IP address.
My Mac mini's IP address is: 192.168.32.164
My Mac is connected to the ...
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Get Hostname from IP address/MAC address
I have a list of IP addresses and MAC addresses connected to my local network, but I need to get the hostnames of each device, is there a command line or terminal (mac) command for this?