how the ip address is generated?

[David Jones]

Static IP's are when you tell XP to use a specific IP.

Dynamic IP's are when you are assigned an IP address by
what is called a DHCP server.

If XP cannot find a DHCP server, it will auto-generate an
IP address in the 169.254.x.x range.

>-----Original Message-----
>When we type command ipconfig, it will show the PC's IP
address. I want to
>know how the IP address is assigned? Static IP and
dynamic IP are assigned
>in 2 different ways??
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>Please advise!
>Thanks!
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