Your IP Address

Article Posted by Expert Author: Nancy Ruskus  on 02/06/2013

When the time comes to have your own web site, your IP address will certainly become an important part of the equation. This is because your IP address is essential for other visitors on other computers to communicate with you. Your IP address is a unique number. And in it contains the information needed to specify networks and hosts. Any machine that is connected to the internet has an IP address.

There are two types of IP addresses today. These are IPV4 and IPV6. IPV6 is a new format, having recently been released due to the number of available variations of IPV4 addresses running out. An IPV4 address looks like this: 123.456.789.0. Where the hosting of your web site is concerned, your IP address is specified by a name, which is your domain name, or www.yoursite.com.

The domain name represents the name of a network that's associated with some kind of organization. In the United States, a specific form is usually used, which is organization name.organization type. So for example, the form www.yoursite.com refers to a server on the internet called 'www', which resides in the yoursite.com domain.

Although every machine has a single IP address, it can also have several host names, or aliases. But these aliases are mainly for service providers, as they make it easier for providers to move their services to other locations without interrupting your connection.

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