Knowing your IP address can help protect your home network and data from prying eyes. Here's how to find it. Trey Paul was a CNET senior editor covering broadband. His 20+ years of experience as a ...

You could also get a static IP for your router—which is handy if you run a web server, for example, but expect your ISP to charge extra. IP addresses are typically in the same format as a 32-bit ...

If you do it through the router, it will likely be called a DHCP reservation, though many people (and even some routers) still refer to it as a "static IP address." DHCP reservations allow you to ...

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