IP is the acronym for Internet Protocol ("Internet Protocol").
IP is the acronym for Internet Protocol or, in our language, Internet Protocol . It is a standard used for sending and receiving information through a network that brings together switched packets.
The IP does not have the possibility of confirming whether a data packet reached its destination. This can allow the package to arrive duplicated, damaged, in the wrong order, or simply not reach its destination.
In the event that the packets to be transmitted exceed the maximum allowed in the network fragment, the information is subdivided into smaller packets and reassembled at the precise moment.
IP addresses
IP addresses refer to the originating and arriving equipment in a communication over the Internet Protocol . Packet switches (known as switches ) and routers ( routers ) use IP addresses to determine which stretch of the network they will use to forward data.
The IP address is made up of a number that allows you to hierarchically and logically identify the interface of a computer or other machine that is connected to a network and that uses the Internet protocol. Internet users, for example, use an IP address that usually changes at the time of each connection . This assignment mode is known as a dynamic IP address .
Reducing the number of IPs that have been assigned and are inactive or reducing the operating costs that those in charge of acting as Internet service providers have are basically the two advantages that come with the use of the aforementioned dynamic IPs, which They are those currently offered by the vast majority of operators.
IP addresses are linked to the originating and arriving equipment in a communication established using the Internet protocol.
Allocation by the server
We have to make it clear that the aforementioned IPs can be assigned by the server in three clearly defined ways, the first of which is known by the name manual . This means that whoever creates it is in charge of managing the network and does so manually.
Secondly, the second form of assignment is the automatic call, which is carried out in this way that gives it a name and taking as a fundamental basis a range that has already been predetermined by the aforementioned administrator.
In third and last place we have to explain that there is the already mentioned dynamic way. This type of assignment has a clear difference with respect to the previous two and that is that it is the only one that allows you to carry out what is the reuse of IP addresses, that is, to proceed with their reuse. A range of IP addresses established by the administrator and the TCP/IP communication software that each computer has, and which is put into operation when the corresponding network interface card is connected, are the essential elements for this form of assignment to occur. .
Internet sites that, for obvious reasons, must be permanently connected, use a static or fixed IP address . This means that the direction does not vary with the passing of hours or days.