IP Address

What is IP Address?

• Internet Protocol Address (or IP Address) is an unique address that computing devices use to identify itself and communicate with other devices in the Internet Protocol network. 
• Any device connected to the IP network must have an unique IP address within its network.
• An IP address is analogous to a street address or telephone number in that it is used to uniquely identify a network device to deliver mail message or view a website.

	External IP	Internal IP
Source	Given by the internet service provider(ISP)	Assign by the Router
Range	Global	Private
Uses	To know which customer is requesting for the web site	To interact with the different devices connected to the router.
Changes	This ip address cannot be changed	This can be changed with the adding of devices.
Example IP	183.82.97.61	192.168.1.2