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ISP address

tumbletots
tumbletots Posts: 177 Forumite
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Hi,

Sorry if this sounds a stupid question! Does an Ipad and Iphone have an ISP address like a computer?

Thanks for any help.
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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,625 Forumite
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    assume you mean an IP address ??
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  • dg1dd1ngs_2
    dg1dd1ngs_2 Posts: 127 Forumite
    You mean IP address? ;)

    An IP address is unique to an internet connection not a device/computer/ipad etc

    If I connect to the internet on my iPhone then my laptop the IP address would be the same.

    You can assign computers and devices different IP's but explaining that is for another day.. :D
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  • tumbletots
    tumbletots Posts: 177 Forumite
    Thanks for your quick reply. Yes I did mean IP address. Knew I was going to sound stupid even before I posted the thread!!
  • dg1dd1ngs_2
    dg1dd1ngs_2 Posts: 127 Forumite
    It wasn't stupid, never think that :)
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  • steve1980
    steve1980 Posts: 2,334 Forumite
    dg1dd1ngs wrote: »
    An IP address is unique to an internet connection not a device/computer/ipad etc

    Actually you're wrong. Each device connected will have a different IP address.

    For example

    PC - 123.456.7.1
    Laptop - 123.456.7.2
    Wii - 123.456.7.3
    Wireless Printer - 123.456.7.4

    and so on.
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  • dg1dd1ngs_2
    dg1dd1ngs_2 Posts: 127 Forumite
    Strange. My PS3, Printer, Laptop and desktop all have the same....
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  • steve1980
    steve1980 Posts: 2,334 Forumite
    Maybe your own ISP only allocates 1 IP address per customer which is bizarre really.
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  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
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    You can't have 2 or more devices on a network with the same IP Address. They will throw-up an error message.
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  • dg1dd1ngs_2
    dg1dd1ngs_2 Posts: 127 Forumite
    Yeah, I asked my dad and he confirmed what was said above. If I wasn't actually reading it with my own eyes I wouldn't believe it...
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  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    1 ip address per broadband customer/connection is normal, a router splits that into multiple local 192 addresses so you can attach more than one device to the net
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