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If your computer didn't have an IP address, you couldn't use the web...or email...or FTP...or...
An Internet router translates PUBSNET.COM to IP address 65.104.157.57 and routes communications to that computer.
For the Internet to work, every computer must have an IP address.
Similar to telephone numbers in the phone system, IP addresses simply connect the sender and receiver for communications. The conversation being carried on? Well, that's a whole other story...
Try It!
Click here to see your computer's IP address.
If your computer didn't have an IP address, you couldn't use the web...or email...or FTP...or...