What My IP
- My IP: 18.226.251.68
- Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Zip Code: 43085
- Time Zone: -04:00
What is my IP Address?
Your internet service provider assigns you an identifying number (IP Address) to identify you among billions connected to the internet, or network.
IP Address functions as an online home address to find and communicate with other devices.
How an IP Address works?
An IP Address serves two main functions: To identify and locate a specific device that is connected to the internet / network so that they can communicate to each other.
When you type in a website name (eg: www.website.com) into the browser, your computer:
- Finds out the IP address related to that domain (eg: 123.123.123.123)
- Then, finds it on the web.
- Finally, loads it on your screen.
How an IP Address looks like?
An IP Address can be IPv4 or IPv6. These are two Internet Protocol versions, IPv4 and IPv6:
IPv4
An IPv4 (IP version 4) is a 32-bits number. Consists of four numbers from 0 to 255 separated by dots.
An example of IPv4: 255.255.255.255
IPv4 can generate only 4.2 billion unique IP addresses. That is why IPv4 are not enough for the amount of devices connected to the internet. They will soon run out.
IPv6
An IPv6 (IP version 6) is a 128-bits number instead. Consists of 32 hexadecimals digits separated by colons.
An example of IPv6: FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF
IPv6 can generate 2^128 or 340 trillion, trillion, trillion IPv6 addresses. This will be more than enough to support new internet devices for the forseeable future.