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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With someone's IP address, you can learn a user's general location, and disable some parts of their internet browsing experience. Every device connected to the internet has an IP address, which helps ...

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 ...