I’m sure there are many people are asking themselves what is the difference between dynamic and static IP address. Once you make a clear idea about this you will further understand the details related to hiding the IP.

Each computer has assigned a unique number which is a permanent address on the Internet. These numbers are given by an Internet service provider (ISP). ISP’s (Internet service provider) are companies that assure Internet access to peoples and companies. An ISP can also provide other services like Web site building and virtual hosting. These unique numbers given by the ISP represent the static IP address of the computer. The purpose of these addresses is to help computers to be located so that the interconnection to be alive.

The idea was that every computer to have its own static IP address. But considering the large amount of computers, there were not enough IP numbers to manage with. The ISP’s solution was to decrease the static IP addresses’s number they were given and to assign temporarily IP addresses to a requesting Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) computer from a list of IP addresses. This temporary IP address is in fact the dynamic IP address. These dynamic IP addresses are assigned only while the computer is connected to the Internet. When the connection is closed, the dynamic IP address will be assigned to another computer.

So the most important difference between static IP and dynamic IP is that the first one is the same every time you connect to the Internet, while the second one changes each time you connect to the Internet.