How to Track an Account's Ip Address

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Tracing an IP address will give you its approximate geographic location, and it's actually pretty easy to do. You have a couple of options. You can use the WolframAlpha website, or you can use the IP Lookup website—either website works! This wikiHow will walk you through how to do both step-by-step.

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   Click the search bar. It's at the top of the page.

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   Enter the IP address that you found. For example, if you wanted to trace Facebook's IP address, you would type 157.240.18.35 into the search bar.

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   Press ↵ Enter . Doing so will search for the IP address' geographical details.

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   Review the results. WolframAlpha will typically show things like the type of IP address, the address' Internet Service Provider (e.g., Comcast), and the city in which the IP address is currently active.

   • You can click More to the right of the "IP address registrant:" heading to view information about the registered city.
   • If WolframAlpha doesn't display the IP address' information, try using IP Lookup instead.

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   Click the search bar. This is the white box below the "IP Address or Hostname" heading.

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   Type in the IP address that you found. For example, you'd type in 172.217.7.206 to search for one of Google's addresses.

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   Click Lookup IP . This blue button is to the right of the text field. Doing so will search for your entered IP address.

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   Review the results. IP Lookup provides you with basic information about the IP address' location (e.g., city and state) along with a map and a location pin.

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  How can I find a person's location right away?

  

  The fastest way is finding the ip address.

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  How do I find out someone's IP address when they're connected to my WiFi network?

  

  If someone is on your WiFi network, then they'll have the same IP address as everyone else on that network since your router is what gives you that external IP. (Every individual device does have its own IP address, but when connected to WiFi, an external address is given via the router.)

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  Somebody hacked my Instagram and then told me my address and stuff about me. What do I do?

  

  Report it to the police and Instagram and they will sort it from there.

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  Can an IP address be tracked by Facebook or Viber messages?

  

  Only when you are chatting on that particular app.

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  Can I trace an IP address from Kik or iFunny?

  

  You can use a website where you send the user a link and when they click it, it gives you their IP address. I'm pretty sure this can be done for any form of online communication.

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  How do I track someone's IP from a post they posted on Twitter?

  

  This is impossible. However, you could try tricking them into sending you an email.

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  Do I get to know the person's name registered on the network by using the tracert command?

  

  No. Tracert only works like the traceroute command on Cisco CLI. It just traces the hop by hop path to the desired network (ISP router or switch).

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  How do I look up IP address from an iPhone?

  

  You can look up IP addresses from an iPhone the same way you would do so with a computer. If you have Internet access, use the IP-address-tracing websites mentioned in the article.

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  Does the IP address remain unique for a given device?

  

  It can, if you set a static IP address for a given device. If not, then your router assigns it an IP address using DHCP. DHCP has what's known as a lease time, after which a device may be assigned a new address. Your network also has a public IP address, which it uses to connect to the internet. This generally does not change.

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  How do I stop an IP address from continuously trying to hack into my email?

  

  Change your IP address, change your passwords and run an anti-virus program on your computer.

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To trace an IP address using WolframAlpha, visit wolframalpha.com in your web browser. On the website, click on the search bar at the top, enter the IP address, and press "Enter" to show the results. Once the results appear, read through them to check the internet service provider and its location associated with the website. For tips on how to trace an IP address using IPLookup, read on!

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