Got new router. How can I reset the router history?

[Cicero]

I'm not freaked out or anything. I'm just asking.
1. I got a new Century Link router, how can I, myself, reset the router so it clears the web pages it has connected to?
2. When the router visits we pages, it is shown as IP addresses. Correct?
3. What is the IP address of this site?
4. Does each site have the same IP address or does it change every visit?

[ethanf93]

I'm not freaked out or anything. I'm just asking.
1. I got a new Century Link router, how can I, myself, reset the router so it clears the web pages it has connected to? Your router does not store that kind of log (if it did and you could clear it, you'd know about it.) In theory some information could be in it's DNS cache, clearing which is probably totally unnecessary.


2. When the router visits we pages, it is shown as IP addresses. Correct?This question doesn't make sense. Two computers connecting over the internet must both have IP addresses. If you use your computer to connect to, say, virtualteen.org, the remote site (vt in this case) knows (and records) your IP address.
3. What is the IP address of this site? Of virtualteen.org? (204.197.242.151) Or your IP address?
4. Does each site have the same IP address or does it change every visit?Again, I'm not sure what you're asking, I think reading more about internet protocol (IP) and maybe TCP would be most helpful for you.

In general IP addresses of websites tend not to change, but this isn't a guarantee they won't. For consumers on consumer grade connection this is more complicated; your ISP probably assigns you an IP address when your modem connects.

[TheMatrix]

I'm not freaked out or anything. I'm just asking.
1. I got a new Century Link router, how can I, myself, reset the router so it clears the web pages it has connected to?

If you got it new, there would be nothing stored on it anyways, no?

2. When the router visits we pages, it is shown as IP addresses. Correct?
Well, it can. I'm sure it keeps a log somewhere of what IP goes to which domain name(s). It probably doesn't log individual URLs, as you couldn't possibly fit all that information onto a standard consumer router. You'd need several disks to store all that.

3. What is the IP address of this site?
I don't see how that helps. You can find it pretty easily(see above post), but it could very well be shared between multiple domains. I don't know if that's the case.

4. Does each site have the same IP address or does it change every visit?
What you're asking is about DNS (http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System). Basically, it varies from site to site. Usually it stays the same for each site. But some sites can share the same IP address, unless they bought(although it's more like rented) a static IP, which stays theirs. Google, for example, has many of those. Most shared hosting sites, however, share one or two addresses for all the sites hosted there.

I don't see what you're trying to get at here. If you're paranoid about security, make sure to only visit sites you trust. Use any proxy site(see proxy.org (http://proxy.org) for a list), and/or use the Tor Browser. Install a plugin like Ghostery (http://www.ghostery.com/) to limit what many tracking sites can see about you. And most importantly, be smart.