What Is a Static IP Address? Instead of letting your router assign whatever IP address is free at any given time, you can assign specific IP addresses to the devices you access frequently. For example ...

G'day all,<P>I have a 2 PC network setup in my house and also use them with friends for dial-up networking so we can have a 4 computer network.<P>Back in the days when I had Windows 95 it all worked ...

A permanent numeric identification assigned by the network administrator to a node in a TCP/IP network. Static IP addresses are used for shared resources such as Web servers, printers, telephone PBXs ...