HACKING BASICS, HOW-TO GUIDES 67 Comments How to Trace any IP AddressIn my earlier post, I had discussed about How to find the IP address of a remote computer. After you obtain this IP address, it is necessary to trace it back to the source. So, in this post I will show you how to trace any IP address back to its source. How to Trace the IP Address Back to the Source? In fact, tracing an IP address back to its location is a lot simpler than what many people imagine. There exists many online tools using which you can accomplish this job. One of my favorite site is IP2Location.com. Just go to http://www.ip2location.com/demo.aspx and enter the IP address that you want to trace in the dialog box and click on “Find Location”‘. With just a click of a button you can find the following information for any given IP address: Country in which the IP is located City to which the IP address belongs to Latitude/Longitude of the IP’s location Zip Code of the region to which the IP belongs to Time Zone associated with the IP Name of the ISP to which the IP address belong to Internet Speed of the computer associated with the IP Weather Station associated with the region of the IP Domain name associated with the IP address A sample snapshot of the results from ip2location.com is given below: ip2location_results You can also visually trace route any IP address back to its 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. 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BOSS October 15, 2009 at 4:27 PM What’s the use for tracking the location.. plz explain the result frm 2nd method… Srikanth October 15, 2009 at 5:59 PM @ BOSS In the event of cyber crimes, the IT security experts will trace the IP address of the culprit to obtain his details such as the ISP (Interner Service Provider) and the country. From then on they can get the exact address of the culprit by contacting the ISP. official hacker October 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM dude u rock its working ali November 3, 2009 at 3:41 PM your website is very good. i want learning security information. and hacking. please help me. thanks Shashank November 5, 2009 at 1:02 AM ur great bro……… abhishek November 14, 2009 at 5:15 PM JUST GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!………….. costaa December 8, 2009 at 12:45 PM when i tried tracing out an IP using “ip2location.com” it says private line what does that mean? Prince December 9, 2009 at 9:24 PM Hi srikant.Plz teach me hacking yahoo password when chatting with someone..Plz teach from zero level jose December 15, 2009 at 10:01 PM sir site s very nice…… pls send some basic tips abt hacking to my id Sony December 28, 2009 at 7:20 AM Hi author srikanth,are the securities of the google so tight? is nt it easy to hack passwords of gmail and orkut? Desherif January 3, 2010 at 1:57 PM Thanks i’ve seen alot of your works, its amazeee suzain January 8, 2010 at 8:55 PM Amazing site for learning. Pls provide more information about it. Aayush February 3, 2010 at 4:14 PM it is working dude….. can you tell me how to hack websites Stunningbasil February 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM it was nice . please come up with more such tips to hack. please give me some advice on how to secure an ip address. SreeHari February 23, 2010 at 2:55 PM site is superb…. but .. when i tried tracing out an IP using “ip2location.com” it says private line what does that mean? 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Safdar April 19, 2010 at 10:11 PM Srikanth dear i am very very thankfull to you that its work very very good. i dont know how can i say you “thank you” nitesh May 10, 2010 at 10:36 PM very………..nice your website mind gloving very helpful your site thanks BOND May 16, 2010 at 4:05 PM ur website is really helpful in understanding internet security. I wanna ask u dat how can i trace private or dynamic ip address?it sometime shows “dis ip cant be traced.it is prive ip address”..plz reply soon.. kushagra singh May 16, 2010 at 4:59 PM hey!!!I have got som IP adresses by the trick u told previously..but as soon as i trace them it says the original ip(which i entered)which i entered is invalid….in ip2 location .com Ali May 22, 2010 at 10:33 PM Hi once again, What set of numbers would be use as an IP to trace the system (user)? I mean, give example of set of numbers to paste to the given site to trace the identity of the owner? Sami May 30, 2010 at 11:35 PM Nice Hacking Game To Me…. Nice Site of All Hacker Learners… bhanu June 8, 2010 at 12:29 PM hi dude tell me hw to gt the ip of any remote computer Rakesh June 8, 2010 at 3:02 PM This shows public ip doesn’t it???? Dinesh June 13, 2010 at 2:54 PM I like this Website very much at a sight.I want to learn this process of hacking ,would you help me? Anurag Anand June 15, 2010 at 3:42 PM Hi Srikanth!! I want to know is there any way to get the IP address of a website. Srikanth June 16, 2010 at 12:09 PM @ Anurag Anand Goto comand prompt and type the following command to get the IP of any website C:/>nslookup anywebsite.com You will see it’s ip address! HIREN SHAH June 16, 2010 at 1:30 PM it IS NT DONE I HAVE TYPED IN CMD C:/>NSLOOKUP YAHOO.COM (AND HIT ENTER) IT SAYS c is not recognised for internal or external command PLZ help me how does it work plz Srikanth June 16, 2010 at 10:17 PM @ HIREN SHAH Just type nslookup yahoo.com and not C:/>nslookup yahoo.com. peru June 16, 2010 at 8:00 PM Srikanth dear i am very very thankfull to you that its work very very good. i dont know how can i say you “thank you” shaurya June 20, 2010 at 10:43 PM hi srikanth! When i am tracing my ip address on the given website it is showing incorrect region and city. My isp is DISHNET WIRELESS LIMITED…is it thats why? Compufreaks June 22, 2010 at 10:44 PM Suppose i have traced an IP address but how can i know that it is real IP Address not the proxy one…. Srikanth July 5, 2010 at 6:23 AM @ Compufreaks It is difficult to tell whether the IP is a proxy or the real one. However it is still possible to trace the proxy using proxy detecting services… rin June 24, 2010 at 11:34 AM very nice website:) HASTHIS July 6, 2010 at 10:00 AM Thanks for sharing this dude ive been looking for this type of thing for a long time Compufreaks July 19, 2010 at 7:13 PM @Srikanth thanks for your response…. :) ambrish July 30, 2010 at 7:37 PM hiiiii sir, its not showing private ip addresses…….it writes “its a private ip address…….how 2 trace a private ip address????? reva July 31, 2010 at 3:31 AM SRIKANTH Can i find the IP address of another remote computer using a software like emailtackerpro ?? I tried it but it didn’t work.Could you please about these type of software that Are these types of softwares..trustworthy or fake ?? gelu August 12, 2010 at 2:18 PM hi, thanks fr ur info… i would like to know how to get others ip address…pls help me… angel August 23, 2010 at 1:10 AM Is there anyway to protect my privacy when using yahoo messenger. Or is there anyway to create an anonymous yahoo messenger account? derek August 23, 2010 at 9:42 PM Hi Sir, I am trying to trace an old IP address from about 5 years ago. The company that assigned the IP address said it only keeps them 6 months and then purges the system. Is there anyway to trace one back that far? LL August 26, 2010 at 7:13 PM I look at few mails send by my friend, and notice the IP address sometime differ, but my friend said all send from same computer, is this possible? purna October 19, 2010 at 12:07 PM its not providing d accurate info. the above link http://www.ip2location.com/demo.aspx i am from orissa but its providing west bengal calcutta can u plz provide me some othet site which provides accurate info. thanking you chandu October 30, 2010 at 7:16 PM hi this is my first comment LOL from now i am your big fan Prabuvirus November 1, 2010 at 6:13 PM Good Site with lot of info , Great Work ………………. SRI , srikanth December 5, 2010 at 11:45 AM ur simply great. after tracing others ip address how can i hack their computer what are the methods i should use.. reply me sir jay April 29, 2011 at 11:43 AM this website is really super and i get to know lots of things about hacking in recent days Pratik rath May 16, 2011 at 2:02 PM Cool dude! Daljeet singh February 2, 2012 at 11:16 PM ur post r really awesome !!!! Aravind February 6, 2012 at 8:59 PM hiii admn..thanks a loot for ur site..its really informative..i hav a small doubt after gng through ur posts..as d ip of d computer keeps changng frm time to time..can we always access r trace d system wid d ip obtained once,anytime thereafter..using that same ip? godwin February 21, 2012 at 4:37 PM can i still locate and track a laptop to its original location even if the owner change its default ip to another?

In my earlier post, I had discussed about How to find the IP address of a remote computer. After you obtain this IP address, it is necessary to trace it back to the source. So, in this post I will show you how to trace any IP address back to its source.

How to Trace the IP Address Back to the Source?

In fact, tracing an IP address back to its location is a lot simpler than what many people imagine. There exists many online tools using which you can accomplish this job. One of my favorite site is IP2Location.com.

Just go to http://www.ip2location.com/demo.aspx and enter the IP address that you want to trace in the dialog box and click on “Find Location”‘. With just a click of a button you can find the following information for any given IP address:

• Country in which the IP is located
• City to which the IP address belongs to
• Latitude/Longitude of the IP’s location
• Zip Code of the region to which the IP belongs to
• Time Zone associated with the IP
• Name of the ISP to which the IP address belong to
• Internet Speed of the computer associated with the IP
• Weather Station associated with the region of the IP
• Domain name associated with the IP address

A sample snapshot of the results from ip2location.com is given below:

You can also visually trace route any IP address back to its 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.