Obtaining IP Address of Device

You are required to know the IP address of the router that your device is connected to. For knowing the IP address, follow these instructions:

Step 1: Open the start menu by pressing the [Win] key or clicking the bottom left section 

Step 2: Type cmd. Select the first option.

Step 3: A new window similar to this would have appeared

Step 4: Enter the following command

ipconfig

Step 5: The number beside the default gateway is the IP address of the router.

In this case, the address is 192.168.0.1. The IP address is 192.168. 0.1 is the most common address to access and configure wireless routers from a web browser. Another one is 127.0.0.1 which is the local loopback address. Similarly, get the IP address of your Routers as well.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client/server protocol that automatically provides an Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address and other related configuration information, such as the subnet mask and default gateway. It is an alternative to statically defined network configuration data such as IP addresses. DHCP has been highly adopted due to it mitigating the shortcomings of other protocols that were in place before it. In this article, you will learn how to configure a router to use DHCP as a protocol.