A temporary form of addressing used by DSL. When you log onto the Internet, you are assigned an IP address from a pool of addresses. When you log off, the IP address is returned to the pool. Having a Dynamic IP address means that each time that modem accesses the Internet, it will have a different address. You do not need to set up the address each time you go online.
One of two types of DSL addressing. It is a temporary address, randomly assigned from a pool of addresses. Each time you connect to the Internet, you will have a different address. Offered with standard DSL packages.
An IP address is assigned to the customer for their current session or some other ISP-specified amount of time.
An IP address assigned by the ISP to a client for the current session or some other specified amount of time. This form of IP addressing is commonly used for residential DSL service.
When an IP address is assigned to the user for the current session (Example: A current session would start when a user opens up the Internet application and is connected to the Internet and would end when the user ended the Internet application). Many telephone companies use dynamic IP addressing with their ADSL solutions. With dynamic IP addressing you are unable to host Web or e-mail servers or even participate in video conferencing.
For dynamic IP addressing, your ISP assigns new IP address whenever you log in, as opposed to Static IP addressing. You will have the same IP address whenever you log in with Static IP.
An IP address assigned to the client for the current session or some other specified amount of time. This form of IP addressing is used by DSL service targeted at the consumer market (BellSouth ADSL) and typically does not support any Domain Name System service.