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How does an ISP assign IP?

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Mar 15, 202612480 views

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I've noticed when I reconnect to internet, the last two bytes of IP address static IP changes. Does that mean when I disconnect someone else could have the same IP? How does this process differ from dynamic IP?

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If your IP address is changing, you don't have a static IP address, but a dynamic one, and thus your answer is that "this process" does not differ at all from dynamic IP assignment because it is dynamic IP assignment. And yes, it does mean that when…

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