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Hi All,
I am just curious. I am in a coffee shop using the internet. My (external) IP address in this coffee shop ( given by whatismyip.com) is the same as the IP address assigned to me at home by my ISP. I thought IP addresses are assigned dynamically when one logs into a network and the network used by the coffee shop is not the same as that of my ISP. How is that so? Doesn't a DHCP server assign an address dynamically when I log in and then remove it from circulation when I log of ?
Thanks.
I am just curious. I am in a coffee shop using the internet. My (external) IP address in this coffee shop ( given by whatismyip.com) is the same as the IP address assigned to me at home by my ISP. I thought IP addresses are assigned dynamically when one logs into a network and the network used by the coffee shop is not the same as that of my ISP. How is that so? Doesn't a DHCP server assign an address dynamically when I log in and then remove it from circulation when I log of ?
Thanks.
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