Need to know the IP address of your router, as assigned by your ISP, or the IP of your computer, as assigned by your router? These numbers are easy to find when you know where to look. Networks, and ...

Private IP addresses help routers route data to specific devices on a network. Private IP is like the address of your home inside a gated colony, while public IP is of the colony. Finding your private ...

If your company network is having problems and you need to troubleshoot it, you also need to know some basic information about the computers on the network. Internet Protocol is the underlying ...

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 ...

Every network adapter has what is called a Media Access Control address that uniquely identifies it. Think of it as an ID. Having to manually go to every computer on the network, and taking the time ...

The internet relies on a system of addresses that treats every computer, tablet and smartphone as a distinct device, allowing all of them to communicate with each other. Because many kinds of devices ...

It's movie night, but instead of relaxing on the couch, you've spent the last 23 minutes searching for your Roku remote that's playing hide and seek again. But then, you remember: you can actually ...

Internet networking involves a lot of alchemy, and I confess to occasionally dropping an eye of newt (or an IP of newt) into a boiling pot to fix problems on my local network. There’s a particular ...

Your public IP address is a unique string of numbers assigned to your home network by your internet service provider. A public IP address is sort of like a home address in that it's a unique ...

Whether you use a Google Pixel phone, Chromebook, desktop, or another device to connect to the internet, you'll encounter something that requires your IP address. Any networking activity requires ...

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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 ...