Finding somebody's IP address can help locate their general place, which needed if you desire to report Internet misuse to authorities. It also useful tracking mechanism if you are running website and attempting to handle Internet traffic. Using someone's IP address to get personal data about user is unlawful in few states, though, so follow all local, state and federal guidelines and do not abuse tools that permit to search IP addresses.

Instructions

Step 1

Set up free IP tracking service on website. Copying and pasting given HTML code into web page will maintain track of daily visits, giving with IP address and common place of each visitor that clicks on website.

Step 2

Find IP address of email sender by Gmail. Open email and click drop-down box adjacent to "Reply." This starts some options. Select "Show Original." Highlight and copy IP address given in "Received" sector. Paste copied IP address into an online IP search engine.

Step 3

Locate IP address of email sender by Yahoo! Mail by picking choice "Full Header." IP address show next to "Received From" line. Copy and paste IP data into IP search engine.

Step 4

Get IP address of email sender in Microsoft Outlook by opening email and selecting "Options". This will expand "Received From" line, from which copy and paste sender's IP address to an IP search engine.

Step 5

Open direct connection as chatting with somebody on MSN, G-chat, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger or Skype. Go to "Start" in Windows and type "cmd" in "Run". Hit "Enter." When command screen emerges, type "netstat," and IP address of person you are chatting with will show. Copy and paste it into IP search engine to find chatter's place.