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=== Internet Protocol addresses ===

You have an address on the front of your building. You have a phone number - this is how people find you. Your router will be how you get an IP address from your internet service provider. It usually looks like <code>64.91.255.98</code> or <code>8.8.8.8</code> - you may have seen this before.

Most of you with a home internet connection have something called a '''Dynamic IP'''. This means that your IP can change.

Your IP address may change for a number of different reasons:
* When you unplug your modem [for a long period of time].
* When you plug your modem into a new router.
* Every day, just for the hell of it!

This can make things more difficult than when you have a '''static IP''' - static IPs do not change. You get an internet protocol address, and that’s what you’re stuck with, for better or for worse.

For home users, most people don’t need a static IP. Static IPs are for when I want something to ''“stay put”''. I want my phone number to stay put so people know where to find me. I want my home address to stay put so the mailman knows where to find me ''(and so I know where to go home!)'' and, in this case, I want my IP to stay put so I can always find my home server, no matter where I am in the world.

If you are reading this - you likely have a '''dynamic IP''' provided by your home internet service provider. We will have a workaround for this that allows you to be able to find your server at the same place every time you go to use it no matter how often its IP changes.

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