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Not really. In some cases it will work, or at least get close. But, for example, an AOL user's IP address will probably point you at the location of AOL's world headquarters, not the user's location. Other ISPs may also often work that way. So when things don't match, which will happen frequently, it doesn't neccessarily mean something's wrong with yout customer.
Posted by: Leo at August 20, 2005 4:16 PMCould you help? I have brought Paessler Router Traffic Grapher (PRTG) which cost a lot of money. It helps me monitor my website to see if its up or down as I'm using the very unprodictable piczo.com. How can I get the IP address for my website (www.wu-mings-den.piczo.com). When I go to enter a site it usually says "finding site/connecting site or connecting to [example 131.43.454.4]" but it doesn't tell me any more. I need to know the IP address or the DNS name, what is a DNS name?
Posted by: wu at August 29, 2005 2:31 PMJJ: It's hard to say if it actually happened, but depending on how the PM software was written it would certainly be possible to get your IP.
I also don't understand how you can have an IP from both the phone company and AOL. If you're connected to the internet you should have only one IP.
Posted by: Leo at August 29, 2005 9:59 PMWhat are the scenarios for two computers to have the same IP address when accessing web sites and reading articles. (these people are supposedly from two different citys)
Posted by: Brian at September 6, 2005 7:30 PMIs there any site where i can just enter the IP address, and it will display the Home Address and Phone Number, if it can find it for this address? i dont need state and city.
Posted by: Kev at September 7, 2005 7:34 PMNo. That information cannot be determined from an IP address with out the help of the ISP owning that IP address. This help is difficult to obtain.
Posted by: Leo at September 7, 2005 7:58 PMoops i meant:
can two people have the same IP address?
Posted by: taylor at September 23, 2005 9:34 PMNo, internet addresses must be unique. If you are behind a router, your machine may have the same ip address as anothe rmachine elsewhere behind a router, but you'd never see it. The addresses on the internet musy be unique.
Posted by: Leo at September 24, 2005 10:35 AMIf you want to know your current ip address, go to http://www.findmyip.com/
Posted by: joeydg at September 25, 2005 11:43 PMHow can you determine someones IP address when using MSN Messanger?
Posted by: James at October 6, 2005 6:49 PM
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