If you want to protect yourself from hackers and fraudsters or simply want to prevent online tracking and targeted ads, changing your IP address can help. This guide covers what an IP address is and ...

An Internet Protocol address is a number that identifies a device in a network, though the term is often used to refer to a device on the Internet itself. An IP address is vital for transferring data ...

Your public IP address is sort of like a street address; it's a unique string of numbers assigned by your internet service provider to identify your home internet network. In addition to your home ...

You’ve heard about it before: an unknown online assailant has been inundating someone in your town with bothersome messages. Luckily, even though that person’s profile may be devoid of identifying ...

Your IP address is kind of like your computer’s networkable name-tag. It’s the numeric identifier your internet connection uses to catalogue your desktop or laptop, on top of all your mobile devices ...

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 ...