{"id":294,"date":"2021-12-12T13:33:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T13:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whatismyip-address.net\/?p=294"},"modified":"2021-12-12T14:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T14:00:03","slug":"static-vs-dynamic-ip-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatismyip-address.net\/static-vs-dynamic-ip-address\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between a static and dynamic IP address?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"294\" class=\"elementor elementor-294\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8311b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8311b7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f610c6d\" data-id=\"f610c6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86a47d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86a47d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #373f45; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">All private and public IP addresses can be either static or dynamic. IP addresses that you configure manually and fix them to the network of your device are called static IP addresses. Static IP addresses cannot change automatically.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #373f45; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">The dynamic IP address configures automatically and assign an IP to your network when you set up the router with internet. This distribution of IP addresses is managed by Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). DHCP can be your internet router that assigns an IP address to your network in your home or business environment.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #373f45; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;\">Takeaway:<\/span>\u00a0an IP address identifies your computer or connected device on the internet, and it can be used to narrow down your physical location. Keep this in mind \u2013 it\u2019ll make things easier to understand in the sections following this one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All private and public IP addresses can be either static or dynamic. IP addresses that you configure manually and fix them to the network of your device are called static IP addresses. 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