Whats the difference between a Static & Dynamic IP address, is one better than the other?
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 .
It won’t matter if it works fine; but to decrease headache you should put dynamic always, on the router have it reserve and sending that same IP always to XB360. Static IP means the address is set to a fixed number on the device that use it; dynamic IP meant the number came from an address pool from a central point of the network. Some routers have the option of reserve an IP to a particular device identified by its MAC, thus having the best of both worlds.
