IP address

If you are not protectect by a router firewall, or a Os firewall... There are people that could do something. If you were running a mail server or an http server it could show with a simple port scan.

BUT an ip address shows where you are. Dial up you can control this to a point. If you dialed up into a local city or Chicago, it would give you an IP from that city.

If you tracert an ip address it will show the general area the computer is.
 
Can dos tracert actually find the IP's location becuase i tried it on my ip address and it came out with:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1ms
What does that mean....can i get my location. And just another quick question how do those internet sites automatically tell you your IP address? Is there a command to do that....like ping or something?
 
http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation (an easier way)

A tracert tracks FROM your current location TO the location you specify.

So in the dos window you need to type an address of someone other than yourself.
Here is my local google server. (typed ping google.com, it shows the IP)

72.14.207.99

This is what I got...(minus my info)

H:\>tracert 72.14.207.99

Tracing route to 72.14.207.99 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
2 44 ms 44 ms 44 ms xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
3 48 ms 45 ms 46 ms xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
4 40 ms 39 ms 39 ms xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
5 53 ms 49 ms 49 ms xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
6 48 ms 54 ms 49 ms xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
7 59 ms 59 ms 54 ms xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
8 60 ms 59 ms 59 ms ge-3-0-174.ipcolo2.Dallas1.Level3.net [63.210.14
4.153]
9 73 ms 69 ms 74 ms ae-32-54.ebr2.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.126]

10 * 69 ms 74 ms ae-1.ebr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.132.45]
11 114 ms * 110 ms ae-3.ebr1.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.132.82]
12 100 ms 104 ms 109 ms ae-2.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.132.86]
13 109 ms 104 ms 114 ms ae-3.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.132.90]
14 101 ms 99 ms 99 ms ae-11-53.car1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.68.97.84]
15 97 ms 114 ms 99 ms 4.78.164.70
16 101 ms 104 ms 99 ms 72.14.236.215
17 112 ms 112 ms 114 ms 72.14.233.115
18 111 ms 114 ms 124 ms 66.249.94.92
19 111 ms 114 ms 124 ms 66.249.94.118
20 118 ms 114 ms 114 ms 72.14.207.99

Trace complete.

H:\>


If it is a home computer without a firewall it will return the the closest server name (usually with the city like above) with the Ip address and name of the PC. (these are server so they must be configured differently
 
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Are the xxxxxxxxxx's your IP or something. Are the numbers the time it takes for your IP to reach each of those cities?
 
Basically each area has a unique starter code...for example if an IP address starts with 81.xxx.xxx.x...., you would have a good chance in guessing that the computer is located in kent...
 
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