owned by Dynamic DNS Network Services. DynDNS provides a range of charged-for services, but it also offers free entries for up to five host names per person. A name mapped to a dynamic IP address ...

I've heard it rumored that some IP addresses are "faster" than others which is why some people prefer say 10.0.1.xxx over say 192.168.7.xxx. Is there any truth to these rumors? I use 207.202.191 ...

Sometimes, I need to unblock an IP address of a machine on my network, so the machine can reach a network share I've created (or get past SSH firewall rules). Or maybe I need to know a device's ...

In explaining the motivation for this proposal, proponents said the java.net.INetAddress API resolves host names to IP addresses and vice versa. The API currently uses the operating system’s ...

Also: Static vs. dynamic IP addresses: Why you need to know the difference Sometimes dynamic addresses cause issues. What about if you have a computer on your network with a directory (or multiple ...

Most importantly, it translates more readily memorized domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for locating and identifying computer services and devices with the underlying network ...