What is the difference between static and dynamic IP addressing?
Computers use IP addresses to locate and talk to each other on the Internet, much the same way people use phone numbers to locate and talk to one another on the telephone. When the Internet was first conceived, the architects didn’t foresee the need for an unlimited number of IP addresses. Consequently, there are not enough IP numbers to go around. To get around that problem, Internet Service Providers, temporarily assign you an IP address from a pool of IP addresses. The temporary IP address is called a dynamic IP address. This number will be different each time you connect to the Internet. A static IP is a number that is assigned to you by InternetGhana to be your permanent address on the Internet. This number will not change as long as you are with DSL@InternetGhana service.
Static IP addresses are set in your computer or other network device manually. It won’t change unless you change it manually.
Dynamic IP addresses are the exact opposite. They are assigned automatically by what is called a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.Dynamic IP addresses change – your computer will be allocated different ones at different times.
A Dynamic IP address is suitable if you have:
1.several computers on an internal network with internet access on all of them – Dynamic IP addresses allow several devices to share limited address space
2. a single computer that connects to your head office on a one-way Virtual Private Network
A Static IP address is suitable if you:
1. run your own website
2.run your own email server
3.access a virtual private network from multiple PCs via a single broadband service
4.run an FTP server
5.use off-site server duplication
6.use certain security applications, like centralised cameras and polling software..
If you want to find the static or dynamic network ip address of your system .Then visit sites like Ip-Details.com they will display your network ip address along with informations like ISP address ,country ,latitude ,lonigutde and so on .
