Every computer has got to have an exclusive number so to work properly and efficiently on the internet or in the network. This exclusive or unique number is called an address because it makes possible for a computer to be identified, recognized by other computers and also to communication with them.

This unique address is called an IP address (Internet Protocol address) that computers make use of in order to identify and converse with each other on an internet network.

This address is in the form of XXX . XXX . XXX . XXX where XXX is an integer number between 0 and 255. An IP address shows two things: first the network to which the computer fits in and the host, which is the number of the computers. IP addresses can be classified as private IP addresses (where computers are not connected directly to the Internet) and public IP addresses (where computers connected directly to the Internet).

An IP address can be static or dynamic. Static IP addresses are allocated by the system administrator to every computer and dynamic IP addresses are allocated by another device connected to the network. When the computer is linked to a local area network (LAN), for instance in the corporate network or at home, the IP address is decided while organizing the network and is generally static. Such IP addresses can be, for example, 192.168.0.1, also known as private IP addresses. On the other hand, when connecting to the internet network, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) decides the IP address which will recognize your PC when it is connected via modem to the internet, known as a public IP address. IP addresses for linking to the internet, considered a wide area network (WAN), and can be dynamic or static, depending on the Internet Service Provider.

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SwitchProxy tool lets you supervise and switch between several proxy configurations promptly and without any difficulty. You can also use it as an anonymizer to protect your Personal computer from snooping eyes.

When we work with more than one proxy on a normal basis, we all perhaps know how irritating it is to keep track of each of them, not to talk about the amount of clicks it takes us to switch between them. SwitchProxy is a Mozilla add-on which we use to systematize and organize all proxies which we want to work with. With SwitchProxy you can insert, edit and delete proxies which you work with from a distinct master list. When you want to use one proxy, you just pick it from the master list and click apply.

SwitchProxy has an anonymous feature or one may say a secret feature, an anonymizer uses a file of proxies that it at random switches between at definite intervals. Many people use anonymizers to guard their IP addresses and protect themselves from hackers, online tracking and other website prying techniques.

Here is exactly how to use this add-on to hide your IP:

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Computers can determine IP addresses from MAC addresses using DHCP and formerly other protocols like RAddress Resolution Protocol and Address Resolution Protocol. DHCP  Manages network configuration by registering and updating IP addresses and DNS names. 

There is no universal mechanism for an end user to determine an IP address given a known MAC address, although it can be done in certain specific situations. The Address Resolution Protocol (Formerly known as ARP) allows a host to find the MAC address of a node with an IP address on the same physical network, when given the node’s IP address. To make Address Resolution Protocol efficient, each computer caches IP-to-MAC address mappings to eliminate repetitive Address Resolution Protocol broadcast requests.

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A MySpace Proxy is a name given to a proxy Website with the purpose to be friendly with MySpace. Many unspecified proxies don’t cooperate with MySpace and other social networking web sites that need intricate sessions or highly developed scripting.

Now, what is a proxy?
A proxy is a server or a site that permits links to other website through its own website or server. A proxy server admits a request from its client and then executes the request on their behalf, returning the reply. These permit network users to link to other resources obliquely and what we can call anonymously or secretly.

Some people feel that’s using proxy is illegal, but using MySpace proxy is not illegal unless you are using a proxy server that supports illicit activities, malevolent hacking, or tries to disorder a network in one way or the other. Generally, MySpace proxy server is used in schools or organizations where social networking websites like MySpace are blocked by the authorities. With MySpace Proxy server “unblocking” MySpace is as easy as directly signing in to your MySpace account. MySpace proxies permit you to surf the Internet anonymously or you can say secretly, so this means your browser will now only display proxy site’s URL, and not the URL of the Website you’re viewing.

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There are several reasons you may wish to learn the IP address of a website, however, one of the main reasons is to learn the location of the website or at least their hosting company.

The easiest way to find the IP address of a web site is by using a various websites online that offer domain tools such that will do a whois search. Not every whois search will provide you with the IP address of a web site. I tried several different websites that offered whois lookup and the one that provides the best information is found at domaintools.com. Here you can type in the url of a web site in the Whois Lookup and receive not only the IP address but other important information as well.

Along with the IP address, you will also learn the date the web site created, the date it will expire, the IP Location, the status of the domain, and its blacklist status. All of these are important if you are considering doing business with the web site.

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There are ways to unlock access to MySpace if you have been banned or restricted access to it by simply using language translation tools. There are several language translation tools you can use for this and the best ones are from Google and Wordlingo. Many schools and public computers will block access to MySpace leaving you unable to use the website unless you use a method unlawfully to access it.

The idea is that these tools serve you a translated page of MySpace, hence duping the network packet filtering and blocking system. Most intelligent translators will be able to tell no translations have been made and the site will appear in English still leaving you with access to MySpace.

Here is how you can use Google translation to access MySpace:

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GPass is a free software used mainly to circumvent censorship from several countries like China, Pakistan, etc. This great software can also be used as a free solution to hide your ip.

The main idea of GPass is to wrap the traffic of your Internet applications in various formats and tunnels and then sent packets through various dynamic channels to its servers. The GPass servers unwrap the packets and forward them to their destination on your behalf, yet they hide your identity (i.e., IP address). 

I have selected a list of pros and cons of GPass as hide ip solution. Here they are:

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What is one massive website that you always want to get onto, but every place you try to access it, you find it is blocked by your office, school, or library’s filter? I know you are probably thinking of something that starts with a “P” but that’s not what I am here to talk about.

Myspace is unarguably one of the largest social media websites on the interweb. With an Alexa ranking of 6 and millions of users logging on every day, there is fun to be had meeting and greeting, blogging, looking at pictures and videos, and keeping track of your “bestest of buddies.”

There is a problem with this though. Because, for some reason, many companies believe the use of Myspace in the office lowers productivity, they will block anyone on the inside behind a web filter. Schools employ this to keep naughty kids doing homework, instead of interacting, networking and in general, having fun. The content on Myspace must be too inappropriate for most libraries, despite them taking very low cautions against the real threat to children: pornography. Doesn’t a public access point insist itself be open to the public and allowed to surf all public domains? I guess not.

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There are some interesting and useful ways to safely and anonymously browse the web. One of this uses Google cached pages. The basic idea is that Google crawls all websites and makes caches of almost every webpage.

You can view cached pages simply by clicking on the “Cached” feature in the Google search. Then click on “cached text only” feature (see below). This will increase load times by a lot because it is only loading the text and not the images, etc. You have to make sure you are viewing the text only cache though and not retrieving the data from the websites own host. If it retrieves the data from the websites host then it will still load with all the images and be slower for load times. It will also give away your IP address since your accessing the website through the sites hosting. If you make sure to view only the text cache then you will guarantee your web anonymity.

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A proxy server is used to hide your identity while surfing and is very useful for accessing sites that you have been banned on. A proxy server has many popular pages loaded in its cache folder and anyone can access these, so you know longer need to worry about giving away your IP address while surfing. Make sure you use an anonymous proxy server when you are trying to utilize it for hiding your IP address, some of the other proxies won’t hide this information leaving you wide open for intruders.

There is numerous proxy servers you can run on the internet here is a list of some of them.

1. Proxy server
2. Anonymous proxy server
3. Public proxy server
4. Pay proxy server
5. Free proxy server

All of these different proxies run differently and are suppose to be utilized for specific things. There are complete definitions on the website www.proxy4free.com. They also have a very nice tool you can use which is supposed to supply daily proxies that are working and not shut down. As everyone knows proxies shut down like day and night but you will still always need one. This is why having a free proxy checker is great you won’t need to worry about not having a proxy to use.
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