http://ask-leo.com/network_ip_addressing.html en-us 2008-11-23T12:01:31-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://ask-leo.com/what_is_ping_and_what_does_its_output_tell_me.html One of the oldest diagnostic tools, ping simply validates connectivity from point A to point B and doing so provides additional useful information. 12790@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2008-11-23T12:01:31-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/how_to_find_the_ip_address_of_my_computer.html Determining your own IP address is very easy, but it first requires understanding which IP address it is you want to see. 12770@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2008-11-06T15:13:25-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/whats_my_ip_address.html We'll look at some of the specific information that you're making available to every website you visit, and briefly explain each. 12746@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2008-10-19T17:17:57-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/am_i_stealing_someone_elses_ip_address_by_resetting_my_router.html Resetting a router can cause it to revert to its default. If you'd been using a static IP it may revert to dyanmic configuration, but is that theft? 12728@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2008-10-03T11:14:28-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/how_does_flushing_dns_help_resolve_some_issues_and_while_youre_at_it_whats_dns.html DNS transforms domain names into IP addresses. Your PC caches or remembers much of the DNS information but sometimes, though, it needs to forget. 12559@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2008-07-19T13:52:14-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/is_dhcp_safe.html DHCP is a fundamental technology to assign IP addresses to computers connected to a network. There are scenarios where DHCP might be spoofed. 12521@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2008-06-28T11:22:43-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/is_dialup_safer.html When you dial-up to get an internet connection you typically get a different IP address each time. Is that safer or more anonymous? Not really. 12132@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2007-12-30T10:18:40-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/why_is_my_ip_blocked_at_a_website_i_visit_regularly_after_i_changed_isps.html IP address blocking frequently has an unintended side-effect: you could end up paying for someone else's bad behavior. 11929@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2007-10-21T09:47:38-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/is_it_normal_for_an_ip_address_to_change_from_time_to_time.html If you connect to the internet as most users do your machine will be assigned a dynamic IP address that can change without notice, or any real effect. 11847@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2007-09-26T09:00:00-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_stop_someone_from_using_or_voting_from_my_ip_address.html Many online polls and voting tools use your IP address to keep track of the number of votes you've made. Unfortunately that technique is flawed. 11838@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2007-09-12T12:12:09-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_find_out_whos_at_a_particular_ip_address.html Internet users often want to identify who someone else might be with only an IP address to go on. It's just not something you and I can do. 11775@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2007-08-21T13:30:23-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/why_cant_i_connect_with_a_169254xx_ip_address.html 169.254.x.x IP addresses are self-assigned when your computer can't get an address any other way. It's an almost sure sign of a problem. 11677@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2007-07-18T16:11:27-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_translate_a_url_to_an_ip_address.html Mapping a domain to an IP address is very easy with several tools, both on your machine and on the internet. I'll look at the two I use. 11667@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2007-07-15T10:37:49-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/does_email_coming_from_the_same_ip_address_imply_that_it_was_the_same_computer.html IP addresses are encoded into email headers. But if you get two emails from the same IP address you can't assume that they came from the same computer. 11163@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2007-02-12T18:42:43-08:00 http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_configure_my_static_ip_address.html Once you've been assigned a static IP address you'll need to configure the network-connected device manually to use it. We'll look at how. 8682@http://ask-leo.com/ Network IP Addressing 2005-06-16T22:36:02-08:00