Are you static or dynamic? (phone book part II)
Or should I say is your computer's ipaddress static or dynamic. Static means it is hard coded in the system files on a system. Dynamic means you get the ipaddress for a dhcp (dynamic host configuration protocol) server or the like and it could change at any time. We said in the last article that all computing devices (assuming they are connected to a network) have an internet telephone number or ipaddress. What I did not discuss was how you get that address. To make things more interesting your router actually has two or more ipaddresses. One is for the internet which is usually dynamic unless you have paid for a static ipaddress through your internet provider and one is for being the gateway (where to point to for accessing the internet) for your local area network is static. To make things easier, I will only talk about ipaddressing withing a local area network for now. Your local router usually comes with a standard ipaddress for the local network. You can change it, but ...