PLAY WITH IP-ADDRESS

Hi,

Today I’m going to discuss about the ip address tracing. This is short discussion since only today I’m goanna talking about the tracing of Ip- addresses of the websites and own computer only. I’ll discuss the tracing of other computer via ip-address in my next session. So let’s get started J

HOW TO KNOW OWN IP-ADDRESS:

Before talking about the ip address, let me through light on what ip address is actually in brief. Ip-address is just a name given to any system or computer or any website for recognition. It’s something similar just like our names. Generally it varies from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255. All ip-addresses are unique. To know own computer’s ip-address, just connect it to internet and then follow the following procedure.

Ø  For Windows XP Users: Just follow the steps as provided here with your PC pre connected with internet. Go to Start up then        Run      then     type “cmd” and press Enter. A black screen will come and just type there “ipconfig/all” and press Enter. It will show the default gateway adapter wise i.e. it will show all the ip-addresses of the connected modems including your PC

Ø  For Windows 7 Users: Just follow the followings to get your IP-address. Go to Start up and type “cmd”  and then press Enter. After a black screen appears which is called command prompt, just type “ipconfig/all” and press Enter. Now you can see your PC’s ip-address along with default gateways adapter wise.

ADVANTAGES:

v  Knowing own ip-address, one can trace his/her computer easily if it’s lost.

v  Also if you know your ip-address, then you can communicate with other laptops via team viewer easily and comfortably.

v  During online playing and chatting no one can shut your laptop down if you possess a brief idea about ip-address.

v  One can access his/her laptop from any corner of this globe if he/she knows his/her ip-address.

v  Inter network communication will be possible via ip-address.

HOW TO KNOW THE IP-ADDRESSES OF WEBSITES:

Basically there are 3 techniques which I use is referring for the readers to use. There are also more other ones. One can go for them checking their applicability.

1.      PING:

Open the command prompt by typing “cmd” and then “Enter” on the “Start up”. When the black screen comes, type “ping www.<website name>.com” and then press “Enter”. For example, type “ping www.google.com” and then press “Enter”.

Then it’ll be seen as pinging and then appearance of ip-addresses. It’ll show 4 times as “PING” command operates 4-times i.e. it sends 4 quantum packets and if the website or server you are trying to get is not online, then it’ll show zero results. If the signal of the website is strong enough, then all 4 packets or trials will give you either same or different ip-addresses as per the website. Do not worry. Pick any ip-address and paste it on your browsers address bar and press “Enter”. Without typing the name of the website, you will be directed in to the website.

2.      TRACERT:

It’s same as that of “PING” command except it finds more than the previous. Just go to command prompt as described above and then write “tracert www.<website name>.com” and press “Enter”

Just like “Ping” command it will show you the ip-address as well as the roots of other connected systems.

3.      NSLLOKUP:

It’s same as that of above two. But it may not work on those systems in which java virtual machine or java compiler is installed.

Open your command prompt and type there “nslookup www.<webserver name>.com” and then press enter. For example “nslookup www.google.com” and then press enter. It will show you like this 101.210.255.141 which is the required ip-address

Thanks for reading. I hope you are now able to get the basic idea regarding ip-address as well as you will be able to play with these. More lesions will be available soon.

Thanks again