Hiding my IP address on multiple machines

[SurreyGuy]

Can anyone please recommend a software package/tool that will allow me to hide my IP address on my work PC plus my personal PC and laptop (3 machines in total).

I have done a quick "Google" and can only find products that have one licence, which I am assuming means that I can only use it/install it on one machine.

[ChuckFickens]

no

[tamborine]

Right klik on avatars, scroll down to hide and your ID in profile is hidden. Tho it's visible as soon as you respond to a Q

[ChuckFickens]

WTF ^

[factor-fiction]

You've got me puzzled, tamborine. I think you've answered a different question to the one asked.... and if you are referring to AB we don't have an avatar to hide yet anyway and I don't get a HIDE option when i right click on the standard avatar

[trevHCS]

1 licence means legally you can only use it on the one machine unless otherwise stated in the licence (some are one building for example), but it's highly unlikely the software will actually know. To keep your halo however you just need to buy 3 copies and ignore any of this "licencing" stuff.

Only thing is however I'm a bit confused as to what you're trying to hide your IP from? Web sites for example need to know your IP address so they can send the web pages back to you, although you can hide yourself using a proxy server (nothing to do with installing anything on your computer). Knowing that might give more clue as to the best solution.

[SurreyGuy]

Thanks all

trevHCS - I'm trying to hide my IP address from hackers and people who run forums, etc. Surely that is my right?

[rov1200]

You can hide your IP address but you need to change settings in your Router.
If you don't know what the settings are usually you type in 192.168.2.1 in the URL in your browser.
There is a setting in this which allows the hiding of your IP.
You can also set it to only recognise your computers which is self explanatory.

[ChuckFickens]

You can not hide your IP address from Internet sites using just software on your computer.... (or your router as rov suggests)

Hiding your IP address and then expecting websites to work would be like hiding your house and expecting the postman to deliver to it!

to address your points...

Hackers : they will just scan a range of addresses until they find one that looks interesting, you can't hide from that. but why would a hacker waste their time on you (no offense) what would they gain from it?

Forums: well no, it's not actually your right to hide your address from them, you are using their service, why should you have the right to use somebody else's services without complying to their rules?

The only way to hide your IP on the internet is to use a third party proxy server, but most forums will have already blocked most proxy sites and a proxy will do nothing to protect you from the theoretical risk from hackers.

[SurreyGuy]

Thanks folks

[cutee]

The most common method to hide your IP address is to use a proxy server in one form or another. A proxy server is a computer that offers a computer network service to allow clients To make indirect network connections to other network services. A client connects to the proxy server and then requests a connection, file, or other resource available on a different server. The proxy provides the resource either by connecting to the specified server or by serving it from a cache. In some cases, the proxy may alter the client's request or the server's response for various purposes.
After that check the ip address here http://www.ip-details.com/