---'''Exercise:--- ''' Use a Geo-IP traceroute tool (http://traceroute.monitis.com/ ) to view how your connection is routed to a particular website.
---'''Note:--- ''' The Internet is a packet-switching network. This means that your email, for example, is broken down into small individual packets which are then sent independently of each other along the many possible routes on the network that connect you to your friend's computer. These packets are then reassembled at the receiver's end to re-create your email. Important! You do not control how data travels through the Internet once you hit the send button.
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Internet routing is possible because every computer is uniquely identified on the network by what is known as an IP address. These addresses look like 83.169.39.231 and are the building blocks of Internet addressing. Whenever you want to open a website from your computer, the Internet needs to know your IP address and the IP address of the server the website is hosted on, to make the connection. Important! Your IP address is assigned to you by your local ISP or if you are using mobile Internet, by your telecommunications provider. In most countries ISPs are obligated by law to collect and store traffic data (which IP requested a connection to which IP and when) . This is used primarily for identifying user activity on the Internet at a later date and is the main tool in the hands of Internet police.
'''Note: ''' in an office or Internet cafe scenario, only one computer is connected to the Internet and all other computers connect through it. Only the Internet facing computer (modem) is assigned an external IP address, whilst the others are assigned an internal IP address. Browsing history made from a computer in an Internet café can be traced back by the ISP to the café, not to the individual's computer.
'''Exercise: ''' Find your current IP on the Internet
1. View your computer's IP by visiting http://hostip.info You can also view the IP addresses associated with your favourite websites through this system.