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If a network uses static addressing, it means that each network interface has an assigned IP address that it uses all of the time or whenever it is online. If a network uses dynamic addressing, it means that when a network interface asks to join the network, it is randomly allocated an IP address from a pool of available addresses within that network. Thus, under dynamic addressing, a computer may possess over time (e.g. across reboots) a variety of different IP addresses, but under static addressing the computer has a well-defined IP address which it uses always and which no other computer ever uses. Dynamic addressing is most useful in applications such as dial-up networks, VPNs, and similar scenarios where end-user machines are intermittently connected to the network.

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