Trace Website IP Address

Internet is global system where many computers are interconnected via Computer Network.

Every computer in a computer network is identified using some unique numbers viz. Logical address and the Physical address. Physical addresses (or MAC address) are implemented in Data Link layer of a Data Communication Network to ensure node to node delivery of physical frames. Logical addresses (or IP Addresses) are implemented in the network layer to ensure source to destination delivery of data packets. IP addresses are unique for each computer system in a network. Similarly, a website server too has its unique IP Address.

An IP address is a 32 bit number in which every 8 bits is separated by a dot (.). They are represented in decimal format as dotted decimal numbers.

E.g. 202.64.53.120 or 11001010.01000000.00110101.01111000

When we type any website’s URL in the address bar of any internet browser, then we are redirected to its server. A website server has at least one IP address which can be used to determine the physical location the server. Instead of the IP address, we use the URL to view the website. There are many ways by which we can find out the IP address of a website using its URL. One the method is described below to trace the IP on a windows operating system.

Step 1: Go to the start button of your Windows Operating system and click on Run.

Step 2: Type ‘cmd’ (without quotes) and press enter to get to the command window.

Step 3: Type ‘tracert’ (without quotes) followed by the URL of the website of which IP is being traced.

E.g. tracert www.google.com

Step 4: Traceip start searching at our IP address and go through all the intermediate steps to locate the final IP address of a website server.

This IP address can now be used to determine the location of the Website Server.