you don't assign one yourself, persay... They are more or less assigned for you. With dialup connections, each time you connect to your ISP they give you a temporary IP to use while you are connected. When you disconnect, that IP is thrown back into a pool of other IP's and ready for the next person who connects.
Broadband and higher connections use static IP's quite often because of their "always on" capabilities. Since they never disconnect they are going to be the only ones using it and are often assigned an IP by their provider/ISP. Once that IP is assigned they can use it to directly link websites, ftps, telnets, etc to a specific computer. In order to get it changed, you would have to contact the provider and talk with them.
[Or, if you have been granted control of your own public network, you may do this directly by choosing and assigning an IP address within your "owned" public subnet to the machine(s) you choose. Beware that this means you need to handle your own "routing, switching and security (usually your own firewall)". JMH]
We can assign ip address to the windows based computer using these steps .
Click Start, click Control Panel, click '''Network and internet Connections, and then click Network Connections.'''
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Any IP (Internet Protocol) address can be assigned to a Linux machine with a single step using the 'ifconfig' command. You must be 'root' user to issue this command. As is clearly illustrated by the lengthy, over complicated sequence of steps in the answer above, assigning two Internet Protocol addresses to a single Ethernet interface on a Linux host is refreshingly simple and elegant...
ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
To bring the interface up or down, in the example above, it is interface eth0,
issue the command:
ifconfig eth0 up
or
ifconfig eth0 down
No wonder Linux and it's BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) counterparts are
running the vast majority of the web servers on the Internet, besides the fact
Linux and friends are faster, more user friendly (IMHO anyway) and of course,
far more reliable (not to mention more powerful).
Dynamic and static. Dynamcic is appropriate for big companies (to control pcs in network) or small networks where you don't to think about such things. Static is constant IP address which you can eventually remember and use the ip itself but not full network name. It fits perfect when you share your PC resources and people who are using your resources with ip address can access the PC any time using the same ip address. For big corporations or middle class it will not work because of very big number of pcs in network and each of them should be controlled not only for reason to keep all updateds up to date but also because of security reasons.
IP addresses can be assigned through static addressing (in which IP addresses are permanently assigned to workstations) or dynamic addressing (in which IP addresses are assigned for the current session only). An advantage of static IP addressing is that it does not require a DHCP server. An advantage of dynamic IP addressing is that fewer IP addresses than the total number of workstations can satisfy the needs of a network.
An IP address can be assigned to a PC in two ways: Statically and Dynamically. Statically means assigning an IP address permanently to a workstation. Dynamically means the assigned IP address is used for the current session only and is returned to the list of available addresses when the session is terminated.
The two methods are static and dynamic.
Static method is set manually using properties of network adapter.
Dynamic method requires presence of DHCP server. DHCP server is responsible for providing IP addresses to all properly configured clients. It means that the network adapter will receive IP address automatically from the server instead of being set manually be user.
An IP address is the address that uniquely identify your system over the internet. IP address is the address that does not change outside a network . You can not assign the IP address on your own.
The two main options are:* Assign a static address to the device.
* Have the device get an address automatically, by some process. Here, there are several options; for IPv4, the main option is DHCP, but for IPv6 some additional options are available.
Dynamically where the IP address is assigned automatically using the DHCP Stactic where the IP address is assigned manually
Either Statically (setting it yourself) or by using DHCP :)
Through Static or dynamic IP addressing.
Static and Dynamic
the router is assigned an ip address.
Your Router is assigned an IP address that is known as a public IP address then your router assigns out IP addresses that are known as local IP addresses. So the answer is yes and yes!
DHCP server must be assigned a static IP address...On a Windows computer you can find out the IP address of the DHCP server that assigned your current IP address by opening a command prompt and typing "ipconfig /all".
172.16.200.18
the IP address is assigned to your computer by your DHCP server you can only have 1 true ip address, although you can have ghost ip address and private ip addresses Private Addresses are not routable through the internet Ghosts IP addresses are normally used to cover something up, usually something illegal ;)
the router is assigned an ip address.
Your Router is assigned an IP address that is known as a public IP address then your router assigns out IP addresses that are known as local IP addresses. So the answer is yes and yes!
Movable IP address is an IP address which is assigned to an active entity and the same can be assigned to the corresponding standby (redundant) entity when the active entity fails.
A public IP address is assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider while your private IP is assigned to you by your internal router. You can loacte your public IP address on LocatedIP.com
The IP address of www.nationalgeographic.com is 92.123.68.56The IP address 92.123.68.56 is assigned to Great Britain (UK)
DHCP server must be assigned a static IP address...On a Windows computer you can find out the IP address of the DHCP server that assigned your current IP address by opening a command prompt and typing "ipconfig /all".
A dynamic IP address.
This is an open ended question. Generally your old IP will be the IP address that you were assigned by your internet service provider. However, this could also be an old ip address that you were assigned by your companies network.
A "host" is simply any point that has an IP address. Typically a computer, but it may also be a printer, a switch, a router port.A "host IP number" is an IP number that can be assigned to a host. This excludes the first and last IP address of each network, which can't be assigned to hosts.A "host" is simply any point that has an IP address. Typically a computer, but it may also be a printer, a switch, a router port.A "host IP number" is an IP number that can be assigned to a host. This excludes the first and last IP address of each network, which can't be assigned to hosts.A "host" is simply any point that has an IP address. Typically a computer, but it may also be a printer, a switch, a router port.A "host IP number" is an IP number that can be assigned to a host. This excludes the first and last IP address of each network, which can't be assigned to hosts.A "host" is simply any point that has an IP address. Typically a computer, but it may also be a printer, a switch, a router port.A "host IP number" is an IP number that can be assigned to a host. This excludes the first and last IP address of each network, which can't be assigned to hosts.
An IP address is the unique identifier assigned to any personal computer connected to the internet.
Usually, although a server may also have two network cards, each with a different IP address assigned.Usually, although a server may also have two network cards, each with a different IP address assigned.Usually, although a server may also have two network cards, each with a different IP address assigned.Usually, although a server may also have two network cards, each with a different IP address assigned.
If your talking about a dial-up modem, it uses a public IP just like a ethernet card. It depends on your ISP, what range of IP addresses you are assigned when you connect (DHCP: automatically assigned IP address; IP address can change) or you could also have a static address( IP address is always the same).