I need to know more about IP addresses?

Question

Is a public IP assigned to the server providing the connection or the actual computer itself?

my IP is assigned to a computer in warrington, but that's about 35 miles away from me, but the information the tool provides on the PC that is assigned the IP is almost exactly the same as the one I used.

Answer 1

Hi,

your I.S.P sets your I.P address at the time of you logging onto your system, so it does change, and this is why your I.P address can show the incorrect position for your system.



you can set your I.P to your location (but this of course will cost you money).



to find out lots of different stuff about your I.P address and how it changes etc read this please.

link :-

http://whatismyipaddress.com/



hope this helps you

Answer 2

Your broadband is split off from your phone line (PSTN) at your local telephone exchange in much the same way as they are separated in your home by the use of a microfilter or "accelerator" box.

The phone connection is then handled by your local telephone exchange less than three miles away usually, and your broadband connection is "piped"off to a completely different switching centre designed to handle that.

The centre for handling your broadband may be many miles away, even a hundred or so, and may also change occasionally as traffic requirements alter.

Your "public" IP, if you have not paid for a "static" one from your ISP which stays the same always and is mainly used because a server needs a permanent address for incoming access, will be a "dynamic" one which is always allocated by your ISP and may be changed as required, and neither you or your computer have any control over it at all.

The multi-page article in the link below gives you a basic description and block diagrams of the way it works;

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/equip.htm

And this is what the equipment actually looks like;

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/telephone_exchange.htm

That`s about as simply as it can be described I`m afraid.

Regards, Bob.

Answer 3

You're referring to looking up the location of an IP address? Your IP address is leased from your Internet Service Provider, so any GeoIP lookup is going to return the location of your ISP's local office, not your own location. Any information you get about your PC is provided by your computer when you visit a website- it's called the User-Agent String- so that information is going to be accurate.