Arash70 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Honestly, why? IP address is written in backwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angibot Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Emm.. i don't have any idea but i'm pretty sure it's a bad idea showing us your IP , was looking on Google if there was something strange and i already know in which part of the world (and in what city you live in) so be carefull with that ')'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculuschild Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 If what OP says is right, that's just the localhost loopback address (127.0.0.1) in reverse, which is just what you would use to connect back to your own computer. I don't think he's revealed anything here that could identify his location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auth Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 IPs can show, like, a general location, but it can sometimes be off and again, it's general, as in an entire city. Chances of someone finding you via IP are really uncommon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MondayNight Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 My IP suggests I live about... 170 km from actual location. Talking about a hefty "off the mark" there So, yeah, is ok to exemplify that ..error or what it is, plain-and-simple via print screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mananu Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 The IP in that picture is not his/her personal IP. That is a common IP when you host your own game. It's part of Klei I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arash70 Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 @Angi Thats why I chose a player using his localhost address #Topic Well, interestingly, I took a look around and realized that it happens to server addresses as well. try it, right click on a player playing on a server -> view game info this would normally show ip address that the player is connected to, but most of the time, its written in reverse! maybe (and just maybe) the reason behind this is why ping times appear as "???" btw, ip addresses are not dangerous to show, in fact, any website you open, any connection you make over the internet would share your ip address with other hosts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pofil Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 First of all, localhost aka 127.0.0.1 just means your local machine, you cannot get any info off of that. Second, I've hosted many games on localhost and never seen a not responding screen, thus I've never seen how the IP address is represented there. It may be normal for it to be backwards. Ping times appear as ??? when icmp reply is disabled on the server or by their ISP. You can see a server showing ping ??? and still have a stable connection to it Edit: Assuming the ping time is actually measured trough ICMP, haven't checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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