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Tom
Tom

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Physical address to an IP address

I have a theoretical question here on IP's.

We all know how to do a simple trace on a IP address ether in the cmd or via a web application to find a Physical Geo location linked to that ip. My Question is can this be reversed?

For example if i know the address of my house and i am on holiday how would i find my ip?

My line of thought is that there is a massive data base of ip to Geo location can you just reverse the search ? if not why and what would be the kinda of problems to overcome. Is there another way of doing it?

Upvotes: 1

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Answers (1)

KjMag
KjMag

Reputation: 2770

There is no way you can do it, because it is one-directional relationship. IP address does not depend directly on your physical location. Think about it that way: if you connect to your wifi from your neighbour's home, does it mean that your IP has changed? Your address depends on location only in the way that your ISP operates within certain area only and some IP address range is reserved for him.

In theory you could determine the IP address based on physical address if you had access to your ISP's customers database, but unless you are e.g. a police officer working on some case, you have no legal access to it.

The problems to overcome would be breaking into databases of every ISP in the world ;)

If you want to have access to your computer while on holiday, it's enough to have a static IP or use a service like dyndns.

Upvotes: 1

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