Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Because IP addresses are managed and allocated by your internet service provider (ISP), your computer’s IP address will generally change depending on how you are connected. Frequently for computers that only act as clients IP address are only provided when a machine connects to the internet. Your computer probably obtains an IP address this way on campus, using a protocol called the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If you use a wireless router at home, it probably hands out private IP addresses in the same way.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
Because IP addresses are managed and allocated by your internet service provider (ISP), your computer’s IP address will generally change depending on how you are connected. Frequently for computers that only act as clients IP address are only provided when a machine connects to the internet. Your computer probably obtains an IP address this way on campus, using a protocol called the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If you use a wireless router at home, it probably hands out private IP addresses in the same way.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
