I guess it's time for the IT dragon to post and networking is his specialty.
Trying to track down someone's physical address through the use of an IP address all I can say is "good luck" because you are really going to need it.
The IP address will definitely allow you to find the datacenter that has the gateway where the data packets leave the non-routable IP address subnets and are then translated to a routable IP address through the NAT protocol.
Something else to take into account is the use of the IPv4 protocol which has a very limited number of valid IP addresses. The various IP addresses used by the different ISPs will have their all of their IP addresses divided into seperate subnets. All of these IP addresses are then placed into a different DHCP pools which are then assigned to individual subscribers as needed.
The DHCP protocol will assign an IP address in the pool of available IP addresses. Then that IP address will be removed until it is no longer being used. In a one hour internet session you might end up going through 10 or more IP addresses without even knowing it.
If whoever is posting using a Static IP it would be much easier to track them down by using their IP address. It would still also be rather difficult to do though. Also a static IP address is much more expensive and are usually reserved for business and enterprise level accounts.
Typically data centers where the IP traffic is routed onto the public internet are usually not in the same city where the traffic is originating from unless you live in a large city such as Dallas. Sometimes the data center may not even be in the same state. That is very common for anything that uses a cellular network.
Regarding IP addresses I could easily get that from a very large number of sources such as email or IM. Also that is nothing new either.
Now if you really want to find out where someone lives there are FAR MORE effective and easier ways to do that. You would be surprised as to what is available through public records.
If you are really worried about someone getting your IP address hiding your own IP address is almost a trivial task. I am not going to give out any instructions on how to do that because it can be technically illegal depending on how you implement it.
Also I am certified in Network Security and working on moving into IT Security right now.
There is a LOT more when it comes to IP addresses.
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Trying to track down someone's physical address through the use of an IP address all I can say is "good luck" because you are really going to need it.
The IP address will definitely allow you to find the datacenter that has the gateway where the data packets leave the non-routable IP address subnets and are then translated to a routable IP address through the NAT protocol.
Something else to take into account is the use of the IPv4 protocol which has a very limited number of valid IP addresses. The various IP addresses used by the different ISPs will have their all of their IP addresses divided into seperate subnets. All of these IP addresses are then placed into a different DHCP pools which are then assigned to individual subscribers as needed.
The DHCP protocol will assign an IP address in the pool of available IP addresses. Then that IP address will be removed until it is no longer being used. In a one hour internet session you might end up going through 10 or more IP addresses without even knowing it.
If whoever is posting using a Static IP it would be much easier to track them down by using their IP address. It would still also be rather difficult to do though. Also a static IP address is much more expensive and are usually reserved for business and enterprise level accounts.
Typically data centers where the IP traffic is routed onto the public internet are usually not in the same city where the traffic is originating from unless you live in a large city such as Dallas. Sometimes the data center may not even be in the same state. That is very common for anything that uses a cellular network.
Regarding IP addresses I could easily get that from a very large number of sources such as email or IM. Also that is nothing new either.
Now if you really want to find out where someone lives there are FAR MORE effective and easier ways to do that. You would be surprised as to what is available through public records.
If you are really worried about someone getting your IP address hiding your own IP address is almost a trivial task. I am not going to give out any instructions on how to do that because it can be technically illegal depending on how you implement it.
Also I am certified in Network Security and working on moving into IT Security right now.
There is a LOT more when it comes to IP addresses.