Knowing your IP address can help protect your home network and data from prying eyes. Here's how to find it. Trey Paul was a CNET senior editor covering broadband. His 20+ years of experience as a ...

If you've ever needed a computer or device on your network to always be reachable at the same address, you need that machine to be static. Here's why.

Your IP address might be blocked on a website if you try logging in too many times or if you're suspected of being a spammer. You can wait 24 hours if the ban was temporary, or check to see if you've ...

Internet Protocol (IP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) are the languages computers use to communicate with one another, and they out the rules of the internet. TCP/IP makes the internet work a ...