ip address help

[Wicca]

how come when i try to look at my ip adress it does not show where i live it show it in the same country i thought your ip tells you were you live and how come each ip site
tells me that i am in a different location but none of them so me my real location
just wondering ant thoughts

 

[richc46]

how come when i try to look at my ip adress it does not show where i live it show it in the same country i thought your ip tells you were you live and how come each ip site
tells me that i am in a different location but none of them so me my real location
just wondering ant thoughts

Its not where you are but where the ISP origin point is.

 

[osholt]

how come when i try to look at my ip adress it does not show where i live it show it in the same country i thought your ip tells you were you live and how come each ip site
tells me that i am in a different location but none of them so me my real location
just wondering ant thoughts

IP addresses are not based on exact physical locations.

IP addresses are country or region specific meaning if you live in England you get an English IP address starting with 81.x.x.x or another English IP.

It turns out that my IP ISP (BT) distributes IP Addresses on a regional basis, so I in fact get an IP address from the South East of England.

When IP lookup sites tell me my location they just pick a random major town in the South East of England, it changes with every new IP. I do not get one which can pinpoint my house, road etc.

This happens because IP addresses are issued dynamically meaning that after x amount of time you get a new IP address and they are near impossible to put into a database with geographic co-ordinates attached.

Oli

 

[Wicca]

so if someone got your ip a while ago like a month lets say they would not be able to find out where you live
i ask this coz i had a virus of on computer a month ago and i was wanting to know would they know were i live
so would they?

 

[zigzag3143]

so if someone got your ip a while ago like a month lets say they would not be able to find out where you live
i ask this coz i had a virus of on computer a month ago and i was wanting to know would they know were i live
so would they?

If you had a virus and it was bad enough they could read any data on your computer. They wouldnt need your ip if you have personal data on the computer.

Best defense, a good AV, a software firewall, and a nat router.


Ken

 

[Wicca]

ok it's gone now but could they know where i live if you obtained me ip a month ago
and also i changed all my password since it's gone now but like i said if they have my ip from
a month ago can they still locate were i live

 

[kegobeer]

No, they can't come to your house.

 

[Wicca]

how do you know it's kinda creepy if a hacker knewn my ip are you sure

 

[richc46]

Please dont worry about that it will not happen. Worry about a virus and finding all the personal things in your life, Social Security number, passwords, bank accounts.

 

[kegobeer]

You should do a little reading about it...

Can Someone Find me with my IP Address?

 

[Wicca]

thanks for this

 

[WindowsStar]

Try:
IP Tracer, IP Tracker, IP Locator and other DNS tools
Find IP Address: IP Lookup | What Is My IP Address? IP Locator, IP Tracker Finder
What Is My IP Address? Lookup IP, Hide IP, Change IP, Trace IP and more...
and see if they come up with the correct information.

 

[Wicca]

no it does not come up with the right thing

 

[Kari]

Wicca, a short story to calm you:

We have homes in two different places, over 500 kilometers (about 330 miles) apart. At both homes, we have the same internet service provider, ISP. In fact, both connections are on the same contract. Billing address is the second home, as we call it.

When one of the routers, here at home in Leipzig, or at second home in Solingen is connected to internet, it gets a so called external IP from a pool of IP's this service provider has assigned to both of these regions. Because the company is located in the west Germany, where the second home is, we always get IP's pointing to that area. For instance I'm now in Leipzig, but if you check my IP's location, it tells I'm close to Bielefeld that is about 450 kilometers, 290 miles away. In fact, our second home is much closer to that IP location.

So, checking the location of an IP does not show the exact place, address of that IP. It shows where this IP address is registered. My ISP has a big data center in Bielefeld, that's why "my location" is also there. Checking my IP only reveals I'm in Germany, not exactly where.

It's the same thing with you. Each time you get a new external IP, it points to a location of your ISP, not to your home. To find your home address, I would first need to contact your ISP with an IP address and the time and date when it was used. They then have registers to check which client had which IP at any certain time. Of course your ISP is not giving this information to anyone who asks, so you are quite safe.

Kari

 

[Wicca]

so what does that mean
and also 2 of them say it's dynamic and one says static so what one is right

 

[Wicca]

thanks so much carl how do i know my ip is dynamic or static two places says dynamic and one says static

 

[Wicca]

then why is ther software to hide you ip like what is the point

 

[Kari]

If you don't know if you have a dynamic or static address, simply check your IP first and write it down, then reset your router. When router is reseted, it gets a new external IP from your ISP if you are using dynamic IP's.

If you are using static IP, it is the same also after resetting the router.

To clarify, here's for instance first my external IP a few moments ago:



I then reseted my router, and checked my external IP again:



Even I blanked out part of the IP's, you can notice they are not the same. It means I have dynamical IP address.

There are several good reasons to hide you IP.

 

[Wicca]

how do i reset my router do you mean turning it off and on again

 

[Kari]

Yes, for instance turning it off and on. Let it stay off at least 30 seconds.

Some routers have the option to restart (reset) the router directly from its web interface. For instance, if I log in to my Belkin router, I have this option:



Kari