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Internet Protocol (IP) addresses allow computers to communicate in a network. On the Internet, which is the largest form of a computer network, everything that is connected to the World Wide Web has an IP address. Internet surfers have an IP address, as does each website on the Internet. IP addresses can be described as the online... more »
Have you noticed that your wireless Internet service tends to get slower when most people are at home from work? Maybe your wireless connection gets slower after kids get out of school for the summer. The reasoning could possibly be that some of your neighbors are at their home using your wireless Internet connection. If your wireless... more »
If you're a frequent computer user, you're probably familiar with the term "IP address." Just as a postal address identifies the location of a home or business, an Internet Protocol, or IP address, identifies the location of a computer--ensuring that information sent over the Internet is routed to the correct computer. Although most... more »
IX Netcom (ix.netcom.com) is a domain. Earthlink.net servers control the domain and email. More than 56 hosts share name servers with IX Netcom, while 11 hosts share email servers with it. IX Netcom offers several services to customers. more »
Telnet is a very handy feature that enables you to manage another computer from any desktop that is connected to the Internet. Within Windows, you can pull up a DOS prompt and then use Telnet to connect to the computer you need to work on. Once connected, you can administrate that computer as if you were actually on that computer. more »
A virtual private network, or VPN, is designed to give you a secure connection to an internal computer network from a remote location over the... more »
An IP (Internet Protocol) address is a numerical sequence that uniquely identifies a given computer, or host, within a network on the Internet at... more »
There are many ways to link two computers together, in order to transfer data from one to the other. One of the easiest ways, however, is to use a... more »
Finding an available IP address is useful if you need to connect such devices as a printer, a computer, a gaming console (like Xbox 360) or DVRs... more »
When you see an IP address in decimal format (for example, 123.45.67.89), you are seeing a decimal representation of the binary code that the... more »
A network is comprised of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses. This is also known as the network address. In order to break down to smaller... more »
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