How to Trace Any IP Address

In my earlier post I had discussed about how to capture the IP addressof a remote computer. Once you obtain this IPaddress it is necessary to trace it back to it’s source. So in this post I will show you how to trace any IP address back to it’s source. In fact tracing an IP address is very simple and easy than we think. There exists many websites through which you can trace any IP address back to it’s source. One of my favorite site is ip2location.com. Just go to http://www.ip2location.com/demo.aspxand enter the IP address that you want to trace in the dialog box and click on “Find Location”‘. With just a click of abutton you can find the following information for any given IP address.

1. Country in which the IP is located 2. Region 3. City 4. Latitude/Longitude 5. Zip Code 6. Time Zone 7. Name of the ISP 8. Internet Speed 9. Weather Station 10. Area Code and 11. Domain name associated with the IP address. A sample snapshot of the results from ip2location.com is given below


You can also visually traceroute any IP address back to it’s location. For this just visit http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/visual-tracert/and enter the IP you want to trace in the dialog box and hit the “Proxy Trace” button. Wait for few seconds and the visual trace route tool displays the path Internet packets traverse to reach a specified destination. Hope this helps. Please pass you comments.