Internet Protocol Address

This number is a unique number and all information technology devices (printers, routers, modems, et al) use which identifies and allows them to communicate with each other over a computer network. There is a communication standard called for a standard Internet protocol (IP). In layman is the same as your home. Before you can receive mail at home sending party must have your correct mailing address (IP address) of your town (network service), or you do not receive bills, pizza coupons or your refund tax. The same is true for all devices on the Internet. Without this information accurate address and can not be received. IP addresses can be assigned permanently to a mail server Business Server or a permanent resident or temporary home, from a pool of available addresses (first come) from your ISP. A permanent number may not be available in all areas and may cost extra, so be sure to ask your ISP.Domain Name System (DNS): This allows the IP address to be translated to words. It is much easier for us to remember a word than a series of numbers. The same is true for email addresses.
For example, it is much easier for you to remember a web address name such as whatismyip.com than it is to remember 192.168.1.1 or in the case of email it is much easier to remember email@somedomain.com than email@192.168.1.1
Dynamic IP: one that is not static and can change at any time. This type of IP is awarded from a pool of IP addresses assigned by your ISP or DHCP server. There is a large number of customers who do not require the same IP address all the time for various reasons. Your computer will automatically get this number because it connects to the network and it saves you from having to know details about specific network configurations. This number can be assigned to anyone using a dialup connection, and wireless high speed Internet. If you need to run your own mail server or web server, it would be preferable to have a static IP address.Static IP: One that is fixed and never changes. This is in contrast to a dynamic IP which may change at any time. Most ISP's a single static IP or a block of static IP's for a few extra bucks a month.
IP version 4: Currently used by most network devices. However, with more and more computers accessing the internet, IPv4 IPs are running out quickly. Just like in a city, addresses have to be created for new neighborhoods but, if your neighborhood gets too large, you will have to come up with an entire new pool of addresses. IPv4 is limited to 4,294,967,296 IPs.
IP version 5: This is an experimental protocol for UNIX based systems. In keeping with standard UNIX (a computer Operating System) release conventions, all odd-numbered versions are considered experimental. It was never intended to be used by the general public.
IP version 6: The replacement for the aging IPv4. The estimated number of unique IPs for IPv6 is 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 or 2^128.
The old and current standard of IPs was this: 192.168.100.100 the new way can be written different ways but means the same and are all valid:
* 1080:0000:0000:0000:0000:0034:0000:417A
* 1080:0:0:0:0:34:0:417A
* 1080::34:0:417A


IEEE 802.3 is the signaling standards for Ethernet, and IEEE 802.11 is the standards for Wi-Fi. For Houston computer repair and IT Support please click on the link.