IP adderss is a 32 bit software programme which is used for communications of nodes(computers) in a network.On internet every PC have a it's unique IP(internet protocol)address.it comes in four parts and looks like 172.168.62.10

we uses a lots of sites on the internet and every site has its own unique IP but it becomes very difficult to remember so many site's IP's that why it is combined with a DNS server which translate it in to a unique name according to your choice as your yahoo,google,msn or so many.

As we all know that computer understand only binary(0,1) language means on signals here for 0 means low signal and 1 means high.

Answered by Reeta K , an ibibo Master, at 4:02 PM on May 08, 2008

An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 1.160.10.240 could be an IP address.
Within an isolated network, you can assign IP addresses at random as long as each one is unique. However, connecting a private network to the Internet requires using registered IP addresses (called Internet addresses) to avoid duplicates.
The four numbers in an IP address are used in different ways to identify a particular network and a host on that network. Four regional Internet registries -- ARIN, RIPE NCC, LACNIC and APNIC -- assign Internet addresses from the following three classes.
# Class A - supports 16 million hosts on each of 126 networks
# Class B - supports 65,000 hosts on each of 16,000 networks
# Class C - supports 254 hosts on each of 2 million networks

The number of unassigned Internet addresses is running out, so a new classless scheme called CIDR is gradually replacing the system based on classes A, B, and C and is tied to adoption of IPv6.Also see Understanding IP Addressing in the Did You Know . . .? section of Webopedia.

Answered by kishore , an ibibo Master, at 9:43 PM on April 30, 2008

GOOD MORNING UNCLE JI

IP adderss is a 32 bit software programme which is used for communications of nodes(computers) in a network.On internet every PC have a it's unique IP(internet protocol)address.it comes in four parts and looks like 172.168.62.10

we uses a lots of sites on the internet and every site has its own unique IP but it becomes very difficult to remember so many site's IP's that why it is combined with a DNS server which translate it in to a unique name according to your choice as your yahoo,google,msn or so many.

As we all know that computer understand only binary(0,1) language means on signals here for 0 means low signal and 1 means high.
that's why an IP address looks like 00000110.00110001.10010001.000 01100
in binary form and every part of IP contains 8 digit binary.An IP can host maximum 0 to 256 nodes with 255.255.255.0 subnet mask.If you want to make 2 or more than 2 small networks than you may create it with deviding this ip in different parts.

Answered by Salman ali , an ibibo Citizen, at 9:38 AM on April 30, 2008

hi aniruddha:-
Every machine on the Internet has a unique identifying number, called an IP Address.
A typical IP address looks like this: 216.27.61.137
To make it easier for us humans to remember, IP addresses are normally expressed in decimal format as a "dotted decimal number" like the one above. But computers communicate in binary form. Look at the same IP address in binary:
11011000.00011011.001 11101.100 01001
The four numbers in an IP address are called octets, because they each have eight positions when viewed in binary form.
If you add all the positions together, you get 32, which is why IP addresses are considered 32-bit numbers. Since each of the eight positions can have two different states (1 or 0) the total number of possible combinations per octet is 256. So each octet can contain any value between 0 and 255. Combine the four octets and you get possible 4,294,967,296 unique values.
For more information , Please visit the soruce site :
http://computer.howstuffw orks.com/question549.htm

Answered by shepherd , an ibibo Master, at 9:28 AM on April 30, 2008

hello Dr. Aniruddha!
hru!

Every device connected to the public Internet is assigned a unique number known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses consist of four numbers separated by periods (also called a 'dotted-quad') and look something like 127.0.0.1.

Since these numbers are usually assigned to internet service providers within region-based blocks, an IP address can often be used to identify the region or country from which a computer is connecting to the Internet. An IP address can sometimes be used to show the user's general location.

Because the numbers may be tedious to deal with, an IP address may also be assigned to a Host name, which is sometimes easier to remember. Hostnames may be looked up to find IP addresses, and vice-versa. At one time ISPs issued one IP address to each user. These are called static IP addresses. Because there is a limited number of IP addresses and with increased usage of the internet ISPs now issue IP addresses in a dynamic fashion out of a pool of IP addresses (Using DHCP). These are referred to as dynamic IP addresses. This also limits the ability of the user to host websites, mail servers, ftp servers, etc. In addition to users connecting to the internet, with virtual hosting, a single machine can act like multiple machines (with multiple domain names and IP addresses).

source : google.com
thanks!
take care!

Answered by Jeet Singh , an ibibo Specialist, at 8:49 AM on April 30, 2008

Every device connected to the public Internet is assigned a unique number known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses consist of four numbers separated by periods (also called a 'dotted-quad') and look something like 127.0.0.1.
IP address can often be used to identify the region or country from which a computer is connecting to the Internet.
You can not hidden IP address when using google adsence.

Answered by Nagendra , an ibibo Master, at 10:08 PM on April 29, 2008

An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 1.160.10.240 could be an IP address.
Within an isolated network, you can assign IP addresses at random as long as each one is unique. However, connecting a private network to the Internet requires using registered IP addresses (called Internet addresses) to avoid duplicates.

The four numbers in an IP address are used in different ways to identify a particular network and a host on that network. Four regional Internet registries -- ARIN, RIPE NCC, LACNIC and APNIC -- assign Internet addresses from the following three classes.

Class A - supports 16 million hosts on each of 126 networks
Class B - supports 65,000 hosts on each of 16,000 networks
Class C - supports 254 hosts on each of 2 million networks

The best way to mask IP address is to use TOR. It is free, and you can download it from this link below:

http://tor.eff.org/

Alternatively, you can use TORPARK, which is a stand alone Firefox browser pre-install with TOR. It runs even from a thumb drive. Go to this link:

http://www.torrify.com/

You can check your IP address (using Google Search) to verify that it works.

However, this will protect you only with normal surfing. If you want to mask your IP address while downloading from P2P, the only way is to configure Opera browser using TOR, then download the torrent using Opera browser. Yes, the speed is very slow. But that's what we have got at the moment, that is, until Mozilla release the open source extension Moztorrent.

Answered by keshto , an ibibo Master, at 7:35 PM on April 29, 2008

IP is a short for Internet Protocol. I suggest don't mess with Google AdSense. They have a very intelligent algorithm it seems. There are many ways of hiding IP. Use HideIP Platinum for that.

Answered by Chaitanya , an ibibo Advisor, at 6:55 PM on April 29, 2008

An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 1.160.10.240 could be an IP address.
Within an isolated network, you can assign IP addresses at random as long as each one is unique. However, connecting a private network to the Internet requires using registered IP addresses (called Internet addresses) to avoid duplicates.

The four numbers in an IP address are used in different ways to identify a particular network and a host on that network. Four regional Internet registries -- ARIN, RIPE NCC, LACNIC and APNIC -- assign Internet addresses from the following three classes.
# Class A - supports 16 million hosts on each of 126 networks
# Class B - supports 65,000 hosts on each of 16,000 networks
# Class C - supports 254 hosts on each of 2 million networks

The number of unassigned Internet addresses is running out, so a new classless scheme called CIDR is gradually replacing the system based on classes A, B, and C and is tied to adoption of IPv6.

Unfortunately, it is not technically possible to always hide the public IP address of a home network. An IP address enables devices to locate and communicate with each other on the Internet. Completely hiding the IP address of a device would render it invisible but also unusable online.
On the other hand, it is possible to hide public IP addreseses from most Internet servers in most situations. This method involves an Internet service called an anonymous proxy server.
Anonymous Proxy Servers---->
An anonymous proxy server ("proxy") is a special type of server that acts as an intermediary between a home network and the rest of the Internet. An anonymous proxy server makes requests for Internet information on your behalf, using its own IP address instead of yours. Your computer only accesses Web sites indirectly, through the proxy server.

Answered by jaivir , an ibibo Master, at 4:56 PM on April 29, 2008