How to Find your IP

An IP is something every human being on earth who has a computer has an IP which is unique and it stands for Internet Protocol, these IP's have a reason for being unique. 1 of them is for Internet Crime and Identification

IP's could easily get hold of no matter if its your IP you want or someone elses ( I wont give information on how to get someone elses information until MentaL gives me permission as this could be used for hacking) here is a list of how to get YOUR IP:

1. You can always use a website such as " www.IPchicken.com " which shows your IP (Internet Protocol), you might ask how this website gets your IP, we will get to that later.
2. You can also use a program to get your IP such as " IP Checker " can be found on " www.google.com "
3. You can do it manually in a manual way there is 2 ways,
Way 1. By RIGHT clicking the "Internet Connection" tray icon found on the bottom right hand corner (near the clock) and clicking on the Properties then on the Advanced Tab
Way 2. Click Start>Run type cmd and click ok, a new window will open this is called "Command Prompt", type "IPconfig /all" without the QUOTES, it will display a list of information what your looking for is the "IP Address" line, along the line you will see your IP address

Questions and Answers

Question: How does the website get your IP?
Answer: Websitews such as www.IPchicken.com use a special PHP code; When the website is accessed it pings your computer which your computer pings the website back and thats where the IP is captured and displayed
Question: What is "Ping"?
Answer: You can see what a ping is when playing a online game the ping (distance) between you and the other player/s, lets try a Ping and see what you get:
Step 1: Click Start>Run and type cmd, Command Prompt will come up type "Ping www.yahoo.com" it will display information about packets sent and recieved the lower packets sent/recieved means your internet connection is excellent, remeber your IP is logged on " www.yahoo.com " after Pinging it.