Basic information about IP addresses..

[The Tech]

Basic information about IP addresses:
Bismillah,

IP addresses is just a number given to your computer, just like house address number.

Whever you are on the internet, connected to a phone line, or cable, you will have an IP address and you are exposed to the internet.

Your IP address has four octanes. ex: 172.17.1.100

Later i'll show you how to get your IP.

[The Tech]

To get your IP address:
Click Start,
Click Run,

Type: CMD
Click OK

In the black screen (DOS prompt after C:\) type the word:ipconfig
That will bring you a list of numbers. One of them is your IP address.

If your IP address looks like: 169.254.x.x this ALWAYS means you are NOT connected to the internet. That IP is given out by windows XP by default.

Your IP should look like: 192.168.x.x, or 172.17.x.x
When you see that, that means you are on the net.

[The Tech]

Another way to know if you are connected on the internet, is to ping.


Can you ping outside? Means can you reach any website from outside on the internet?

Example: To know so, type in the Dos prompt: ping yahoo.com

You should get reply like the follwoing:

Pinging yahoo.com [216.109.112.135] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=87ms TTL=44
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=44
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=44
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=44

Ping statistics for 216.109.112.135:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 85ms, Maximum = 87ms, Average = 85ms

If you get reply, it means you are connected to yahoo.com, if it fails and times out, it means you are not online.

TRY IT  


That's it!.

[Alsunna Teacher]

Very good stuff..

Barakallahu feek.