Posted: 11/27/2006 2:21:01 PM EDT
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Can you reset your IP address or is it permanently assigned? |
| Maybe. My computer's IP address is 192.168.0.86, and I can set it to 192.168.0.(0-255), barring conflict with other devices. However, the IP address that I'm using to access the Internet is something different, and is assigned as a static IP by my ISP. I guess if I wanted a different IP address, I could ask for a new one from the ISP. |
Depends on the policy of your ISP or whatever you are connected to. Some assign permanent IPs, some use DHCP but use reservations so your IP address is likely not to change. On dial-up connections you may get a different address every time you connect. |
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If there is a router between your computer and your connection, chances are the IP address is configurable. An IP of 192.168.1.nnn is usually the case since this is the default for many routers. Most use dynamic addressing for all clients connected. But you can configure it to anything. Routers consolidate IP addresses, allowing many more connections than what is possible with flat addressing...since an IP is made up of four 8 bit strings, that means there is only 4,294,967,296 unique IP addresses available (2^32) if there were flat addressing (not to mention the problems with registering all those IPs. |