hi all what is an ip address on a conputer ? the forum i am on has asked everyone to give a new intro we didnt no why some sort of security breech ,when we got the newsletter emailed this month it said so they could get everyones ip address what is it ? what does it mean cheers dawn

An IP is a unique number which identifies the computer you are using and every time you make a post your IP is logged. So they want you to make a post so they can record your IP.

HTH :)

Its not necessarily unique and exclusive to your computer... if you are using Dial Up or Broadband you may get allocated one of a rotating/pool bunch of IP addresses from your USP - and you may get a different one when you log on tomorrow I think  :)

Yes, you can have either a static or a dynamic IP - however I thought that was going a little too far in depth :) AOL are a good example of an ISP that uses dynamic IP's, however the majority use static. Either way, everytime you make a post the IP is logged. If you have problems with people using dynamic IP's it is hard to ban them as you are potentially cutting out a number of your users but you can still report them to the ISP who should look into it. I assume in the case above they may have banned someone who has then registered with a different username and they want to see if the IP's are the same.

IP stands for Internet Protocol.An Internet Protocol(IP) address refers to a unique number assigned to each computer on the Internet.An IP address consists of four numbers, each of which contains one to three digits, with a single dot (.) separating each number or set of digits. Each of the four numbers can range from 0 to 255. Here's an example of what an IP address might look like: 78.125.0.209
There are five classes of available IP ranges: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E, while only A, B, and C are commonly used:
Class A------------------> 1.0.0.1 to 126.255.255.254
Class B -----------------> 128.1.0.1 to 191.255.255.254
Class C -----------------> 192.0.1.1 to 223.255.254.254
Class D------------------> 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255
Class E -----------------> 240.0.0.0 to 254.255.255.254 .
If you want to find your computer ip address,follow the below steps
1.Start->Run->cmd prompt
2.In that,just type ipconfig and then click enter
For example: It will show ip address like 74.110.208.65 .
You can also check your ip address by using http://www.ip-details.com/  .