Why You Need a Static IP for Your Home Network

With more and more people getting confused about the use of static and dynamic IP addresses, let’s clear up your doubts and help you understand which IP address is better for your home network.

Dynamic IP Address

In this type of IP address, your device gets connected to a different IP address every time you use your internet network. It does not cost you each time you get a new dynamic IP address.

Static IP Address

It is a permanent IP address given to a device and does not need to be changed each time you connect to the network. A static IP address is much safer than a dynamic IP address, as an administrator can only make all the changes.

You need to buy a separate Static IP address for your device to connect to the internet.

DHCP vs. Static IP address

After reading this comparison between IP addresses, you can decide which one is better for you.

• Price: A dynamic IP address does not require an additional maintenance charge. On the other hand, a static IP requires you to buy a separate IP address for your device.

• Security: A static IP address is the most secure, as no other network can connect to it without your permission. However, a dynamic connection is not safer than static addresses.

• Duration: Static IP address is your permanent IP address that any other device can not use. However, the dynamic IP address keeps changing over time.

How to Assign a Static IP to Your Home network

There are numerous ways to assign a Static IP to your home network, and this process, in particular, is confusing to many.

1. The first thing you need to consider is that you should never assign an IP address that is at the start of the pool. For example, 10.0.0.1 is always reserved for the router and can not be used for your home IP address

Now, some of you might be thinking that you’ve already changed your router’s IP address, so why should you worry about it? The answer is that there can still be some reservations on that IP address, and it is better to leave them unused.

2. Another thing you should always remember is that you should never use an IP address that ends with .0 or .255. There is a similar reason behind this: IP addresses ending with .0 and .255 are reserved for network protocols.

However, it should not be a problem for you as more than 4.3 billion IP addresses are available to register your device.

3. Similarly, you shouldn’t assign an IP address outside the range of your static IP address, as this will not connect your device to the network.

For example: If your static IP address is 10.0.0.0., then you can only use the combinations from 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255. This is the reason most people do not understand the basics of a static IP address.

4. Use your static IP address for all your devices through your router. You can use your static IP address to send and receive data to all your devices by using your router.

You can easily log in to your router homepage and check the IP address written there.

If you are connected through a static IP address, you can also control all your device’s network connections.