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November 16, 2012 by IP Location · 3 comments

My IP address is hacked. What can I do?

Many readers of our website are contacting us for help on *allegedly* hacked IP address, and remedies for getting it back. One of the user is telling us his IP address used to be 64.3.x.y in Dallas and now it's 67.72.x.y located in Utah (per ip lookup); and hence his IP address is stolen, and his computer is running very slow and acting abnormal.

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October 7, 2012 by IP Location

What is the difference between a static and dynamic IP address?

An IP address is an address assigned to a device on the Internet. A static IP address is a fixed IP address that never changes, and a dynamic IP address is an IP that is assigned by the DHCP server which may change over time.

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February 15, 2012 by IP Location

What is the difference between public and private IP address?

A public IP address is an IP address that can be accessed over the Internet, and a private IP address is an IP address that is local to your private network. A public IP is a globally unique IP, while a private IP address can be reused in different networks.

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December 28, 2011 by IP Location

What is IPv6 Address?

Internet Protocol Version 6 (or IPv6) is a successor of IPv4 Address standard developed by IETF, which is designed to solve IPv4 address exhaustion problem. IPv4 uses a 32-bit numbering scheme to represent an IP address, which has an address space of 232 or 4.3 billion. IPv6, on the other hand, uses a 128-bit numbering scheme (2128) which has big enough addr...

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October 10, 2010 by IP Location · 2 comments

Find IP addresses of a private network

You have a private or public network with servers and workstations that are assigned static and dynamic IP addresses (either private or public IPs). You assigned them the static IP addresses due to NAT (Network Address Translation) or for public access, and dynamic IP addresses via the DHCP. Even if you kept a good record of those assigned IPs, there are tim...

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January 3, 2008 by IP Location

What is IP Spoofing and how to avoid it?

IP Spoofing is a technique used to gain unauthorized access to machines, whereby an attacker illicitly impersonates another machine by manipulating IP packets. IP Spoofing involves modifying the packet header with a forged (spoofed) source IP address, a checksum, and the order value. Internet is a packet switched network, which causes the packets leaving one...

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November 10, 2007 by IP Location

MS-DOS Ipconfig Command Reference

Ipconfig is a MS-DOS command-line tool used to display and manage the network settings of your computer. Ipconfig is available on Windows machines, and it displays the current network connection details and DHCP client settings.

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March 18, 2007 by IP Location

What is a MAC Address?

MAC, Media Access Control, address is a globally unique identifier assigned to network devices, and therefore it is often referred to as hardware or physical address. MAC addresses are 6-byte (48-bits) in length, and are written in MM:MM:MM:SS:SS:SS format. The first 3-bytes are the ID number of the manufacturer, which is assigned by an Internet stand...

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