I.P address

[twelveseven]

Re: I.P address

@Arleitter

Hi all,

I am not a Computer geeko.I would lik to clear a doubt here..

Last evening I was having a chitchat with one of my friends here in my native place,who is a leading advocate.He told me that I.P is not static and it would change everytime we logged on to internet.But I was a a little skeptical about that remark and I said I.P is unique to each computer and it would not chage unless the internection is changed.To prove his side ,he called up one of his known persons,who happens to be an I.T engineer and I had conversed with him.What he told me was that the I.P would change each time we log on to net,corroborating my friend’s view.(I know G.S people ban guppies using their I.P’s.If the I.P’s do change then,how the ban is possible?Are there something called Static and Mac IP’s?
Which one is correct?

@Arleitter

^O.K Thanks for the reply.But why do we need static IP?

IP address is of two types,Internal IP and an External IP.Internal IP is one that each device like computer,printer has.The external IP is the one through which one gets connected to the internet.The External IP is got from the ISP and is classified into static and dynamic where static IP does not tend to change and the dynamic IP varies each time the modem is switched ON and OFF.If you have a dynamic IP then there are chances every-time you log on to the internet you are assigned a new IP.The duration to the change in IP depends on your ISP.You can check for your current IP through Ip-details.com which displays your public IP when you visit the site.
Static IP will be needed if you run servers, host a website;you will always know where in the world it is and or login remotely.