ShowIP

Show the current pages IP in Firefox's status bar.

Some times it can be interesting to know the IP address of a website. To find out, it is usually necessary to open an MS-DOS windows and ping the domains name. But their is an easier solution for the users of Mozilla's known browser: it is called ShowIP.

  ShowIP is a complement for Firefox that shows the IP of the active web page in the status bar. Accessing the components configuration options it is possible to select services, modify how it appears, etc...

  How the ShowIP Firefox Add-on work is very simple:
1. Install it in Firefox and leave it active.
2. Load the web page that you want to find out its IP, by writing the address in the browser bar.
3. On the right of status bar we sill be able to see the IP address of the domain.

  If it appears in red, it belongs to an address an IPv4 format, meanwhile if it appears in green it belongs to an IPv6 address. It is possible to view this IP as a decimal, octal, hexadecimal or DWord. What's more, by clicking with the left button of the mouse it will shot the domain name and by pressing with the right one the IP. Both values can be copied to the clipboard from the emerging contextual menu.

  Forget about complex applications and methods to find out the IP of a web site and use the ShowIP Firefox Add-on.

  Requirements: Requires to have the Firefox web browser installed.