The internet relies on a system of addresses that treats every computer, tablet and smartphone as a distinct device, allowing all of them to communicate with each other. Because many kinds of devices ...

An IP address (also known as an Internet Protocol address) is a short code that identifies your computer or device when you go online.

Need to know the IP address of your router, as assigned by your ISP, or the IP of your computer, as assigned by your router? These numbers are easy to find when you know where to look. Eric has been ...

You can change your IP address from the network settings controls menu on a Windows PC, Mac, and even your phone.

In a wide-area network that uses the static IP addressing method, a computer may have multiple static IP addresses to identify it across all the sub-domains of the wide-area network. Large ...

An IP address is a way for every device on a network to be seen. Without IP addresses, it would be impossible for those devices to be located. Think of your computer's IP address like your house's ...

Breaks down the five IP address classes in order to explain how they manipulate TCP/IP protocol functionality Before two or more computers can communicate with each other, a set of rules has to be in ...

Recently, I was listening to an interview with a technology executive who was talking about predictions he has heard throughout his career. One of the predictions he heard back in the 1990s was that ...