Does your phone IP change on location?

I have a home/office that has a static IP and router.

The only thing I can think of is that my phone's IP changes (sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't) every few days. I'm not sure how to go about this so that I can access my files at home or at work.

Yes, it's been mentioned. It doesn't need to be a static IP. You can also use a dns-server.

You can use an external dns-server as well. You could use your isp's dns-server. When I've done this in the past it has worked ok, but I didn't do it right. I just don't remember what I did. I think I used my ISP's DNS server as the authoritative server for my domain name.

OK, you could try it. That's what I would do if I could remember.

I've had a bunch of different ISP's. Every one of them were always using the same DNS servers.

That's what I meant. You just need to find your ISP's DNS servers.

Does location affect IP address?

This is my first time submitting a question to you all and I am very honored to be here, thanks for allowing me to share my question with you guys.

I am doing some research into the subject of IP address ranges. I have always believed that IP addresses are fixed when a person buys an internet connection. In other words, once you purchase a block of IP addresses, those IP addresses are yours until you get a new internet connection and you can get a new block of IP addresses. I thought it would be safe to assume that in a static situation where IP addresses are static and everyone is buying their IP addresses from the same source, if I moved from the US to the UK or Canada or Mexico, I could not sell my old IP address to someone else. It seemed like this should be true because it is so easy to buy a block of IP addresses. So why is it that sometimes IP addresses can move around? Or is my assumption that once I buy an IP address, it is mine until I sell it, not correct? This has been driving me insane and I think I need a second opinion on this. So here is my example. Let's say I am in the US buying IP addresses for my ISP. I am paying for X amount of IP addresses and I buy them from someone who I will call company Now, since they know I will need these addresses, they do not have to worry about selling them for too long. Now, let's say I am moving to another city which is just a hop over to California and I no longer need my IP address from company Would it be possible to sell this IP address to company B and still be able to use it? Or would my address remain as a block owned by company A (or whoever sold it to me)? I know that there are companies that advertise "we will give you a block of X addresses and then let you use them while you move" and I have never had the opportunity to test this out to make sure it really works. So I am curious if anyone knows the answer to this problem. Again, please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Also, if you think that I am wrong on this, please explain your reasoning. Many thanks in advance.

The best way to answer this question is to explain how IP addresses are assigned and then work backwards to a conclusion.

How often does the IP address change on a phone?

As someone who has been using iOS for a couple years now, I really don't get why people are so upset that Apple didn't provide them with some form of "permanent" device identification.

I have an iPhone 6 plus, and while I have updated to the most recent software, I have not had to change my IP address once since iOS 7.

If I'm in a location where my connection is very slow, say a rural area in Africa, I can live with it. However, when I'm in an area where the bandwidth is relatively decent, I'd be absolutely thrilled if the phone identified itself as the same device every time I used it.

I don't see why this is such a big deal. Yes, a lot of people use a lot of data on their phones. I think that is ridiculous. The fact that this is even a discussion should tell you just how many people use their devices that much. If you are using it so much, buy another phone.

It's a big deal because the only way to prevent abuse is to make it so users cannot spoof their device. I don't know any of the details of Apple's scheme, but I do know that any scheme that relies on users' having to trust Apple will be broken eventually. Either someone will hack the scheme, or there will be a security breach exposing the scheme.

A better solution would be to give every device a unique ID. You can do this via hardware, as seen in the embedded UUID scheme in the iPhone. It would better if it could be software-only, but that is more difficult to do securely.

Because they are the "gatekeepers" of the information. They are not legally obligated to provide a permanent ID number. The reason they are able to do so is because they own the data and can make the rules.

If someone hacks into your Apple account, you have a problem, not because it says "I have hacked your phone" but because you didn't have a password.