IP number?

[Fishcop]

Okay I give up......What the hell is this IP:######### stuff


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John Forcier
69 911T

[pwd72s]

Beats me. I was hoping one of the computer phreaks would tell me. So, all you guys who know, really know, how to use these things? PLease enlighten us!

[emcon5]

Your IP address allows you to acces this site to read about your Porsche (Content )

The IP address is a unique number required by any computer accessing the internet. For home users it is normally assigned by your Internet Provider when you dial in, and will seldom be the same twice (but will still be in the same range)

If you have a cable modem or DLS, Your IP was probably configured when the service was set up, may be never change.

For much more information, look here:

http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc1180.txt

Tom

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82 911SC Coupe

[Jack Olsen]

An IP address is the pysical address of a particular piece of hardware -- in this case, the computer each of us is working from. Wayne turned it on so that people could see when someone was signing up for multiple accounts, pretending to be more than one person. It doesn't give any unique information out about you (not even your email address), or make you particularly vulnerable to mischievous hackers.

I think it was switched on because of the recent Edwin Leong (sp?) series of posts.

(A more effective solution, incidentally, is for all of us to collectively ignore it when kids sign on trying to get a rise out of us. If no one ever responded to Edwin, he'd move on to another board.)

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Jack Olsen
My Rennlist home page • My Pelican Gallery page • My Porsche Owners Gallery page

[ljonespwc]

An IP, or Internet Protocol, address is simply a means of uniquely identifying "nodes" (i.e., PCs, Web servers, routers, etc.) on the global network. Just as no 2 telephone numbers can be the same (when including country codes), no 2 IP addresses can be the same. It's the addressing system of the Internet (and intranets) that allows our computers (us) to communicate with other computers (and people). The actual numbers that make up an IP addresses are derived from a hexadecimal (base 16) numbering system. Your Internet Service provider has likely purchased (or leased) a "block" of these numbers--and the company would assign your PC an IP address whenever you log on. Does that help? Lance.

[ljonespwc]

Hmm, the 3 of us must have been typing a response at the same time (but I'm a little slow with the fingers).

[Fishcop]

LOL, cheers guys, if only some of my other questions were as easy and quick to answer!

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John Forcier
69 911T