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How does an ISP give you an IP address?
ISP’s usually allocate dynamically (automatically) assigned public IP addresses to allow network devices to communicate with each other over the Internet. A DHCP server-allocated IP address that is automatically assigned to a device on a LAN to allow it to communicate with other devices and the internet.
How does a router get an IP address?
The router sends a DHCP request and gets assigned an IP address based on the MAC address of the wan interface. The ISP has a table of known Mac addresses for the hardware they provide their customers, and they assign a specific public IP to each router connecting to them.
How does the router connect to the ISP?
A wireless router connects directly to a modem by a cable. This allows it to receive information from — and transmit information to — the internet. The router then creates and communicates with your home Wi-Fi network using built-in antennas. As a result, all of the devices on your home network have internet access.
What is the IP address of the ISP internet router?
Often the router will have an IP address such as 192.168. 1.1 or 192.168. 2.1. If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) installed your router, they know both its IP address and the userid/password for it.
Is ISP same as IP?
An ISP stands for Internet Service Provider and IP address means Internet Protocol Address. But, your IP address tells another computer what computer is trying to communicate to it and which one is requesting information. Now this is all done through ports and standardized protocols.
Does a router have its own IP address?
Your router itself has multiple IP addresses. It has a public IP address, a private “management” IP address, and then additional private IP addresses for each device in addition to the router’s internal IP, which is your LAN default gateway.
Does your IP address come from your router?
Does my router have external IP address?
Go to Settings and then Wi-Fi; Tap on the Wi-Fi you are connected to; Here you can see your public IP address is under Router.