IS assigning of IP through DHCP is SAFE ??

rishi0922

rishi0922

@rishi0922-a2xTAa • Oct 26, 2024

Friends as we know that DHCP(dynamic host configuration protocol) is a fundamental technology to assign IP addresses to computers connected to a network.

One of my friend has told me that his computer occasionally receives a wrong IP address . He was telling that 10.x.x.x address we normally get from my ISP, he got a 192.168.x.x address. That means that there's probably a misconfigured device somewhere on the network. So actually i didnt found any sort of idea on this so hope from u all.. ......

Thank you..

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  • Manish Goyal

    Manish Goyal

    @manish-r2Hoep • Jul 11, 2010

    It is not a problem

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  • Morningdot Hablu

    Morningdot Hablu

    @morningdot-6Xuj4M • Jul 11, 2010

    Ya goyal is right.
    let me explain in brief rishi.
    Actually there are two types of IP address one is dynamic and another one is static.
    Static IP address is used in large network like google IP address is not changed.
    Where as dynamic IP keeps changing every time the computer logs onto the network that,s what your friend find.
    It's not any problem.

    Correct me if i m wrong.

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  • Ashraf HZ

    Ashraf HZ

    @Ash • Jul 12, 2010

    rishi0922One of my friend has told me that his computer occasionally receives a wrong IP address . He was telling that 10.x.x.x address we normally get from my ISP, he got a 192.168.x.x address. That means that there's probably a misconfigured device somewhere on the network.

    DHCP for private networks are usually handled by routers in that network, and not given by the ISP. Both 10.x.x.x and 192.168.x.x are valid private address ranges, so it depends on how the router in the particular network is configured. Ask your friend to run a ipconfig/all command at the command prompt to check what IP his gateway is.

    DHCP would be recommended for networks with many computers to avoid conflicts. Static private IP addresses are usually given for network devices such as gateways, network printers, etc.

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  • durga ch

    durga ch

    @durga-TpX3gO • Jul 12, 2010

    I think we had a similar discussion before as well

    #-Link-Snipped-#

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