How do I figure out who owns an IP address?

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IP addresses are like state ID numbers. They are useless to us. They only exsist so that the government can keep track of us for purposes like Bush's spy program. Since people don't want Verachips under their skin (god knows I surely dont want it) they are using the next best thing to invade our privacy.

I have a person who is threatening me and stalking me and I think I am getting e-mails now the IP Address is 71.35.46.246
Is this for a computer or is it a domain??

No way to tell. Look it up at the link in the article.

I can not believe I'm reading such, well uninformed, information.

Okay, an IP address is very much like your personal phone number. You have to have one to talk and you have to have one to listen. Just like your phone addy an IP uniquely identifies you, not your isp, not your email server, but specifically YOU (at least a router or computer in your house).

It's simple, the ip address, even with DHCP is used along with a timestamp and you know exactly who you are dealing with (reverse georouting will turn an IP into a physicall address).

So given an IP addy and a Timestamp you know a persons physical location.

What people are looking for is a way to track down a street address - a physical location where the computer in question is located. I will reiterate: that cannot be done by the average user without the assistance of the ISP that is providing that IP address. Of course the ISP knows the physical location - as you say, they have to - but they do not reveal it to just anyone, for obvious privacy reasons.

So the practical answer is, NO, you cannot locate someone physically with only their IP address.

Dear Leo, I understand that useing a IP address to get the pysical address of a given computer is a problem, as in my case where someone is trying to hack into my computer from an At&t sight in Albq.NM. But what if we have the host name codec? How does a person find a address or even better a phone number to contact that host?,,, for example (83.wl248.albq.attga31ur.dsl.att.net)with an IP address of ( 12.140.248.83 )? Isn't there a way someone could get a pysical address or phone number for that server or host?

Randy: nope. The DNS name and the IP address are, in many ways, just two ways of looking at the same thing. You'll still need the ISP's help.

I have a question. Once a lan issues your computer it's IP can a hacker change your IP and your lan not realize this has happened?

Also, how can a person hide their IP address.

Well by going to a regular website link>Tools>Internet Options>Connections>Add>Select your own private network>LAN Settings>and mess with your settings could easily unban, rangeunban your Ip, one problem though you need to know what browser your on if not then not good.but still it works but there is prices to pay lol

download peerguardian2 and hide your IP from the web and its users

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