Translate IP Addresses by Hand

Hey Guys,
Today,I’ll describe a way to translate IP’s by hand. I’ll continue to write more articles about this subject as long as people are interested.

What will we learn?
You’ll learn how to translate IP’s (original v4 format), which consists of 4 decimal octets to a 1 decimal octet.

What materials do you need?
-1 Pencil
-1 Paper
-Google Chrome (or some other browser)

Let’s get started…
First we need an IP address. I’ll be using “173.194.206.100”. There are many ways to get an IP address. You can either use command ping in command prompt or terminal, or you can use a method described here: http://freelabs.info/UrlToIpOnline.aspx.

What does “173.194.206.100” mean?
This is a representation in decimal format (base 10). Our numbering system uses (base 10), so it’s the easiest one to understand for us. Every IP (v4) address consists of four octets and each octet is represented by 8 bits. We’ll convert from 4 octets to 1 octet (but still keep the same base 10 format). The formula of (IPv4) 4 octet is:
Dec1 = Octet1 * (256^3)
Dec2 = Octet2 * (256^2)
Dec3 = Octet3 * (256^3) = Octet3 * 256
Dec4 = Octet4 * (256^0) = Octet4
FinalOctetIP = Dec1 + Dec2 + Dec3 + Dec4

So, we have:
Octet 1 = 173
Octet2 = 194
Octet3 = 206
Octet4 = 100

Thus:
Dec1 = 173 * (256^3) = 2902458368
Dec2 = 194 * (256^2) = 12713984
Dec3 = 206 * 256 =  52736
Dec4 = 100
FinalOctetIP = 2902458368 + 12713984 + 52736 + 100 = 2915225188

We did it!
We converted something looks like this: 173.194.206.100 to 2915225188.

What now?
We can now access the website using the number 2915225188. Open web browser such as google chrome. In the URL type  “/2915225188″ with no quotes. It will open up a google page! If you’re a web designer, you can use the same concept: <a href=”/2915225188” > Name </a>

Conclusion
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