IP address vs dynamic IP address

[m.j.]

Can someone enlighten me? What is an Ip address, how do I
find mine? and what is a dynamic IP address? thanks!

 

[sandy]

hi,

To begin with IP address means Internet Protocol address,
it is the address of the computer that is connected to a
network, it can be used to identify the location of a
computer. i.e. which network it belongs to etc. to find
the IP address of your computer follow these steps:-

go to "Start" -> "Run" type "command", it would give you
the command prompt, you type "ipconfig", which will
display you the IP Address of your machine.

Dynamic IP address, is the one that is automatically
allocated by a server.

i hope this resolves your issue.

regards,
sandy

 

[The Unknown P]

When connected to the internet right click the little
computer icons in your system tray. Then click status or
properties and one of the tabs will have your IP Address.
I get a different one every time I connect as I connect to
a modem pool. Even DSL in this area gets a new IP lease
each and every time we connect.

Dynamic IP Address
When you connect to the Internet you will typically get a
dynamic IP (Internet protocol) address from the Internet
Service Provider (ISP). In other words, each time you
connect to your ISP, your computer gets assigned a
different IP address. An IP address is a unique identifier
for each resource (computer, server, etc.) connected to a
network or to the Internet.

Keep smiling.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Can someone enlighten me? What is an Ip address, how do I
find mine? and what is a dynamic IP address? thanks!

An IP address is the 32 bit number that uniquely identifies a machine
connected to the internet at any time (or to a local network using
Internet TCP/IP methods, unique only within that net). It is usually
expressed as four grouped numbers in 0 to 255 - the four bytes of the 32
bit number. A name you type in is converted to such a number to go in
the headers of every packet of information sent to or from it. For
example, the site www.aumha.org converts into 66.39.115.252

If you are on a dial up connection you will be allocated an IP number
for your machine when you dial up, from a pool 'owned' by your ISP.
This is dynamic, because it will change each time you dial in. A 24/7
connection; cable or DSL, will have a number leased to it from that
pool, which will be renewed regularly. Mine for example is renewed once
a week, or at any time I reboot during the term of the present lease.
So the number remains 'static' - staying the same unless I go away and
the machine is off for more than a week.

Any local net you have will have its own local numbers, that only apply
locally, and not across the internet - usually starting 192.168,. .

If at a command prompt you give
ipconfig /all
among the information will be the IP addresses for each network
connection on the machine

 

[David]

Can someone enlighten me? What is an Ip address, how do I
find mine? and what is a dynamic IP address? thanks!

Think of the IP Address as being similar to your Home Address. It how
your computer is identified on the Net.

Dynamic IP addresses are addresses that change. Your ISP has bought a
block of IP numbers out of which they assin you one when you log on. Most
ISP's have more subscribers then then available IP numbers. They count on
the fact that not all users will be online at once. Even most Cable/DSL
providers use Dynamic IP addressing. But, there is often a long period of
time in which you get the same IP number re-assigned to you that many
think it's static.

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