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'''Public static''' some times called '''Dedicated''' means the IP address never changes as long as you stay with the same provider.
 
'''Public static''' some times called '''Dedicated''' means the IP address never changes as long as you stay with the same provider.
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'''Public dynamic''' means the IP address can change from time-to-time.
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'''Public dynamic''' means the IP address change from time-to-time.
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'''Public shared'' In some cases, an ISP will have a fairly large pool of public IP addresses and could assign every user a unique public IP.
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In other cases, the ISP will instead assign a public IP address to a group of users, and then employ NAT to isolate their traffic.
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It is fairly easy to know whether NAT is being employed once you have access to the router.
    
==Private IP address==
 
==Private IP address==
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