Can IP

Addresses Be
Recycled?
The seemingly complex IP (Internet Protocol) address
system is essential to enable efficient data transfer from
device to device.
The address indicates the location of an internet-
connected device.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers oversees the IP address allocation process.
The nonprofit usually assigns IP address blocks to
namespace organizations like internet providers, who
then reallocate these to customers and the general
public.
The customers include organizations looking to buy IP
addresses.
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How Are IP
Addresses
Allocated?
For a better idea about how the
addresses are utilized, it is
important to understand the way
in which these are distributed. IP
addresses can be classified into
two forms: ‘Dynamic’ and
‘Static’.
Dynamic Addresses
These are generally allocated through an
internet provider.
The ISP will put together a dynamic address
pool using the numerous IP addresses they
get.
When a customer demands an address, that
ISP chooses one from the pool and gives the
customer it.
After that, the customer leases it for a period,
or up to the time their agreement lasts.
Dynamic Addresses
The customer holds the address until his
or her contract with the ISP ends.
When it ends, the address returns to the
aforesaid dynamic pool.
After that, the same address can be
assigned to a different customer.
This means it is possible to recycle these
forms of IP addresses.
Static Addresses
As the name implies, a static IP address is one that an ISP
assigns to a user and that remains the same. Network
administrators or big companies tend to use static
addresses.
The address will stay registered to a single owner up to
the time the lease lasts or situations change.
This kind of IP address is usually not recycled, but it is
subject to how long the address is utilized for.
For instance, imagine that an organization has been
having an address for a decade and can lease it, but they
are winding up.
In this situation, the address will return to circulation and
it will be reused in the future.
 This sort of IP address is allocated to just a
single device or network adapter, but it
Static can certainly be recycled.

Addresses So an entity can get the same address

more times than one (but this is less likely
because of the vast number of single
addresses out there).
 "In the end, I don't mind how you
interact with our IP as long as you're
interacting with it every day."
-Reggie Fils-Aime
THANK YOU