- What is an IP address and why is
it important?
An IP address or Internet Protocol
address is a code made up of numbers separated by three dots
that identifies a computer on the Internet. Every pc, server and
network device connected to the Internet is assigned a unique IP
address and every bit of information traveling across a network
contains a source IP address and a destination IP address.
All IP addresses consist of four sets of
numbers from 0 to 255, separated by three dots. For example:
www.maxiis.com is:
12.2.232.70 www.yahoo.com is:
87.248.113.14 www.google.com
is: 209.85.135.104
If you wished, you could enter a web sites
IP address in the address bar of your web browser and it would
load the appropriate page. Try it with one of the sites listed
above.
To find out what your computer's IP
address is,
click here.
|
