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If I lock my router, will my IP address be undectectable to any website I visit?

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No, it will not be undetectable. However, you will keep unauthorized people from accessing your wireless network.

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Hello and welcome to FixYa.Com
Locking your router does not make your IP address undetectable to websites that you visit. Locking the router prevents others from picking up your wireless signal and using it to surf the Internet. If you want to make your IP address undetectable, you need to search for Proxies. They mask your IP address so that a website can not see your true IP address.
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No, locking your router simply keeps people from accessing your internet or router preferences.

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No. But first some clarification...

If you are connected to the LinkSys through a home network your computer will be getting an IP address of either 192.x.x.x or 172.x.x.x. This IP address cannot be seen by servers on the internet. However, the one that is for your household which is provided by your ISP can always be seen. This is how the internet knows where to send the information that you request back to you.

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