Your IP:

184.73.74.47

IP-address (Internet Protocol Address) — is a unique identifier (address) of a device (usually computer), connected to the Internet.

Each device (computer, laptop, dedicated server, mobile phone, etc.) on the Internet has its own IP-address. Since you are currently connected to the Internet - it means that your computer also has its own unique address on the network. But you can be connected to the Internet through a router or gateway in your local network. In this case, your computer from the Internet visible with the same IP address, which has your router or gateway.

IP addresses can be static (when provider assigned a permanent address to the user), and dynamic (if the provider gives you the IP address from the pool of free addresses on DHCP when you are connecting).

In addition, built on the basis of virtual hosts computer can act as multiple devices with the multiple IP addresses and sites. For example, web hosting services on the Internet.

Knowledge of your IP address allows to provide you access to services and programs on your computer (games, chat rooms, FTP, remote access to desktop, etc.)

There are two types of IP-addresses - IPv4 and IPv6.

The main difference from the usual IPv4 to IPv6 is a significant increase of address space. Thus, the length of the IPv4 addresses are 32 bits, which gives a total of 2³² of possible addresses (just over 4 billion addresses). At the same time, length of an IPv6 address is 128 bits, which gives 2¹²⁸ of possible addresses (generally is more than 4.8×10²⁸ addresses for each of the 7 billion people on Earth). That is, IPv6 once and forever solve the problem of exhausting of Internet address space.

In terms of syntax, writing both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are also different. IPv4 addresses are written as four blocks of numbers from 0 to 255 separated by dots, e.g. 192.168.254.123. IPv6 addresses are written as eight blocks of hexadecimal digits separated by colons, such as fe80:dead:beef:0:0:0:0:2012. Often, writing IPv6 addresses can be simplified by replacing the sequence of zeros with the double colon (but this can be done only at one place). So the address shown in the previous example can be written as fe80:dead:beef::2012.

There are also many differences at the protocols level of IPv4 and IPv6, but for the end Internet-user it is a negligible value. However, for anyone interested, we present a short comparison of the differences in protocols below.

Generally speaking, - yes, it's possible. To hide your actual IP-address which was assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider there are several ways:

• Use free anonymous proxy for your Internet connection. You can easily find free anonymous proxy right at this website. Usually free proxies are not stable and are the property of to disappear unexpectedly. Be careful when choosing a free proxy from the lists, it could be stated as anonymous, but in reality could be transparent at the moment of use by you. After you set up one - you can revisit current web-page and check if it could be detected or not.
  
  
• Use secure pre-paid anonymous SOCKS proxy. There are various companies over the world which can propose a good stable anonymous proxy for some amount of money. This is good choice for those who need to use the proxy permanently and require stability of it's work. Please, note that good proxy can protect your information online.
  
  
• Use web-based anonymizers. It's specific web-sites which are working like a proxies. You just visit a website, put the Internet address (link) which you want to open into the field, press a button and open it. It's a good solution for those who need to open 1 or 2 pages anonymously and don't want to make any configurations on their PC.
  
  
• And finally, the best choice for your security and anonymity is to use a VPN service. By using a VPN you not only hide your IP, but also make all the traffic from/to your PC encrypted and it means that your data will be highly secured. Alot of people look into VPN solutions or similar software to protect themselves and their businesses online, and, probably, this is your best choice also.