Every device that connects to a network, including your iPhone, uses an IP address (short for Internet Protocol address) to communicate with other devices and access the internet. Think of an IP ...

Securing your private information is important, and many people fall victim to breaches each year. Approximately 1 billion people (and counting) were subject to a data breach in 2024. But how can you ...

I often have to find the IP address of a machine I'm working on (or need to work on). Sometimes, I need to unblock an IP address of a machine on my network, so the machine can reach a network share ...

The subject pretty much says it all. I'm on a dial up connection using the Slackware command ppp-go. After it connects it tells me the ip address and stuff but I was wondering (basically because I ...

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Knowing your IP address can help protect your home network and data from prying eyes. Here's how to find it. Trey Paul was a CNET senior editor covering broadband. His 20+ years of experience as a ...