Static and Dynamic IP Addressing
Well, you must have heard of static and dynamic IP addresses, but what these addresses are, when and why are they required, how are they assigned, I got to know the answers to these questions while teaching a core networking subject. The simple meaning of static is fixed that does not change even if you move to a different network or when you reboot, and the dynamic address is the one that is assigned for a short duration and must be renewed after the lapse of that time or when you reboot your machine. Static are used when you wish that your system must be always reachable for other machines. Web applications like Web server or File server need to have static IP configured. So if you plan to host a file server to your home machine, you have to assign it a static IP address so that client machine on your network can map this address to a name i.e. 192.168.1.0 mapped to a name as “ file server” . Another reason is if you want to configure your machine/router for pa...