RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoI found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down12
arrow-up1207arrow-down1imageI found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at?lemmy.worldRestrictedAccount@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 hours agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareoracle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·14 hours agoYeah, that’s a company server, specifically for the local network group It IS in my normal range, but it is NOT listed on my Router’s DHCP client list. Why would an internal server change IP all the time? DHCP is for silly things like laptops that turn on and off eleventy times a day
minus-squareStrayce@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 hours agoEven if it isn’t changing IP, you still want it in your DHCP table so that IP doesn’t accidentally get assigned to something else. It’s unlikely on a small network but it can happen.
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoThanks! I did not know DHCP allocation was optional on a home network.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours ago“home” isn’t descriptive enough. you can run some VERY powerful, in depth stuff if you were so inclined on a “home” network.
minus-squareJohnnyCanuck@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 hours agoThe router might have a page for fixed IP addresses.
Yeah, that’s a company server, specifically for the local network group
Why would an internal server change IP all the time? DHCP is for silly things like laptops that turn on and off eleventy times a day
Even if it isn’t changing IP, you still want it in your DHCP table so that IP doesn’t accidentally get assigned to something else. It’s unlikely on a small network but it can happen.
Thanks! I did not know DHCP allocation was optional on a home network.
“home” isn’t descriptive enough. you can run some VERY powerful, in depth stuff if you were so inclined on a “home” network.
The router might have a page for fixed IP addresses.