Computer IP

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    What's the story about computer IPs or in any event IDs so that every computer is identifiable on the net?
     
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  2. d16man

    d16man Well-Known Member

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    what are you asking? If it is "does every computer have an IP address?" The answer is yes...each computer also has a mac address, which is usually what your internet provider wants when you register to get a connection. The mac address is the physical address of your computer, the IP address is the physical address of your connection line. If you have a router, then the router uses the one IP address while assigning others to the computers on the network. Make sense?
     
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    Every computer must have an IP to have a connection, but that IP may be 'hidden' behind a proxy server/site
     
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    Maybe you are asking about the MAC number

     
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    Thank you for the answers.

    I'll try see if I can understand better.

    If I replace the computer I am using right now to connect to the web with another, is it going to show a different IP?

    Also, who can see that IP?

    Thank you!

    I just heard about that in a very vague way, so that's why I am asking you!
     
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