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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1287501" data-attributes="member: 24160">Maybe, maybe not.&nbsp; Every device, whether you have 1, 10, 25 or 50 connected to the modem that serves your Internet access is going to have the exact same IP address out on the web.&nbsp; &nbsp; That address is assigned by your ISP...&nbsp; You cannot change it.&nbsp; If you disconnect or reset the router, the ISP may assign that exact same IP to you again or it may assign another one.That's how all data is sent back to you - via that single IP address.Each device on your local network will have an individual IP address.&nbsp; This address is assigned by the router.&nbsp; As the data comes back from the internet via that one single IP address, it then routes (get it, router) that data to the correct individual IP addresses on the local network.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1287501, member: 24160"] Maybe, maybe not. [B]Every device[/b], whether you have 1, 10, 25 or 50 connected to the modem that serves your Internet access [B]is going to have the exact same IP address out on the web. [/B] [B][U]That address is assigned by your ISP...[/U][/B] [B]You cannot change it.[/B] If you disconnect or reset the router, the ISP may assign that exact same IP to you again or it may assign another one. That's how all data is sent back to you - via that [B]single[/B] IP address. Each device on your local network will have an individual IP address. [B][U]This address is assigned by the router.[/U][/B] As the data comes back from the internet via that one single IP address, it then [B]routes[/B] (get it, router) that data to the correct individual IP addresses on the local network. [/QUOTE]

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