IP addresses2 min read
Why does my IP address change?
Dynamic leases, router restarts, mobile networks and IPv6 privacy addresses: the everyday reasons your IP isn't constant.
Dynamic leases, router restarts, mobile networks and IPv6 privacy addresses: the everyday reasons your IP isn't constant.
Address size is the headline, but the real differences are in how networks are numbered, how devices configure themselves, and what happens to NAT.
The number that identifies your connection on the internet — what it is, who assigns it, and what it does and doesn't reveal about you.