(Internet Protocol address) The address of a connected device in a TCP/IP network, which is the worldwide standard both in-house and on the Internet. Every desktop and laptop computer, server, scanner ...

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 ...

The nomenclature of the web is vast. But even though words become commonplace, people often don't know what they really mean. But they should. An IP address, for instance, is a ubiquitous part of the ...

In an upcoming blog I expect to write about configuring a home router, which requires logging on to it. This, in turn, requires knowing the IP address of the router. Non-techies typically don’t know ...

IPv6 offers several ways that aren’t possible in IPv4 to assign IP addresses, and DNS set-up has differences as well. As IP technology has matured, the range of devices that the internet protocol ...

Billions of computers are linked through the Internet. And with so many devices communicating and exchanging information, each one needs to have a unique identifier so that the right information ...

I have a user who's machine is not pingable on our network, using computer hostname or associated IP. However, in troubleshooting this, I see that the IP the machine actually has does not resolve to ...

IP addresses are like opinions… everyone has one. But not every IP address is created equal. Some IP addresses are dynamic, which means they automatically change, based on router settings. Also: ...

Rather than layering security onto networks, the networks themselves and carefully managed authorization policies can hinder attacks, but at an administrative cost. Why is it that over 90% of ...