Just wondering how an IP ADDY really works.

If I create a hotmail address on my laptop, then I am on another computer using a hotels wireless i send an e-mail from the hotmail account how does the IP get tracked?

Can it get traced to my laptop the second laptop or the wireless feed from a hotel.

We are having this debate at work today and I would like some light on the subject??google is your friend:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address


http://www.wikihow.com/Trace-an-IP-Address

and others I'm sure...

hotmail needs to no your IP for you to receive any web page from it's servers. the browser SENDS this. The server logs it when you send a message.So hotmail keeps track of it when it is sent from the computer not the wireless feed?? What if you are using hotmail from multiple computers? Does it keep track of IP's from each computer?the "wireless feed" or whatever you are using for a connection SERVES as the conduit between the browser and the Web Server.

An E-mail has a header, which contains the IP address it was sent from. Hotmail gathers this when you send an e-mail. Nothing is "kept track of", but rather the IP is in the E-mail and the E-mail is sent, so it's source is known.Another debate we are having....can an IP number be changed on a computer??Anyone??Read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address#Static_and_dynamic_IP_addressesLooking for english terms...... It is written in English. Gee THANKS....Here are a few videos you can watch to help you understand networking.

http://www.professormesser.com/2009/01/24/professor-messers-free-comptia-a-certification-training-course-networking/At one time the IP address was the only thing we cavemen had to USE the internet. Then somebody invented the alphabet and somebody said 'why not just use names on the internet'.

So nowadays the can have lots of stuff on just one IP address.

And then there are proxies. Let's not talk about that!