IP Address Lookup
An IP address is an identification number for devices connected to a network; assigned in the binary format, the IP address is expressed in a series of decimal numbers for humans to understand. The IP address is the address of a system or a person who owns the system, or the address of a person who owns a web site which is registered under a particular domain. With the help of the IP address, you can find out the origin of an email, the geographical location of a particular person or organization that owns a web site, etc.
IP address lookup is the process of finding out the details associated with an IP address. If you want to know the IP address of a particular person or device, you can visit any of the numerous websites that offer IP address lookup services. Most of these searches are free and will yield almost all the required details. There are two types of IP address lookup: forward lookup and reverse lookup. In forward IP address lookup, a domain or computer name is mapped to its IP address. In reverse IP address lookup, the number is converted to a name. Reverse IP address lookup is used for tracking the sender of anonymous emails from the known IP address in the email header. Most of the IP address search services support both types of searches.
WHOIS system is used to perform the IP address lookup. With the IP address WHOIS lookup, you can get the registration details of an IP address or domain name of a web site or person, such as the name of the owner of the website or sender of the email, registration agency, date contact details of the registered person, the geographical location of the device connected to the Internet, etc. There are a lot of web sites that offer free IP address lookup services.
IP address is needed in many situations to identify the user of a particular Internet service. You can also find out the IP address of your own system if you do not know the same. IP address is provided by the Internet Service Providers (ISP) at the time of buying a network subscription; usually your ISP can tell you the IP address of your device. You can also find out the IP address of your system by using ‘my IP address lookup’ websites. These websites will display your IP address on the front page once you enter the site.