What is an IP (Internet Protocol) address?
Domain Names correspond to a series of numbers called IP (Internet Protocol) Addresses. An IP address is the communications protocol used to exchange data over computer networks. IP addresses allow large, geographical networks of computers to communicate with each other quickly and economically over a variety of physical links. An IP address is the numerical address by which location in the Internet is identified. It consists of four sets of numbers, each of which range from 0 to 255 separated by dots. Example 178.18.19.240.
If we want to communicate two or more system we need a ip address. Each system has unique ip address. ip address consists of 4 bytes seperated by dots. Your IP address is assigned by an ISP or by yourself.Here’s an example of what an IP address might look like: 192.168.1.1 .
Two types of ip address we are using:
1)Internal ip address
2)External ip address
If you want to check your internal ip address on Windows use the following methods:
1)start->Run->cmd->type ipconfig
2)If you want to check your External ip address you can visit this site Ip-details.com
Here you can search ip,IP Location,Country,Latitude and Longitude details and etc.
