DECEMBER 2022: HOW TO ENABLE INTERNET ACCESS – IP ADDRESSING
IP addressing is the
process of assigning a unique numerical label, called an IP address, to each
device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for
communication. An IP address serves two main functions: host or network
interface identification and location addressing.
IP addresses are
usually written and displayed in human-readable notation, such as 192.168.1.1.
There are two main versions of IP currently in use: IPv4 and IPv6. IPv4
addresses are 32-bit numbers that are typically written in the form
"a.b.c.d", where each letter represents a group of 8 bits (a byte).
IPv6 addresses are 128-bit numbers written in the form
"a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h", where each group of letters represents 16 bits (2
bytes).
In a network, a
device's IP address is used to uniquely identify it on the network and to allow
other devices to communicate with it. Each device on a network must have a
unique IP address in order to communicate with other devices on the network.
Sometimes
when you cannot access the internet it's because your computer's IP address is
assigned to a different value than it should have other than that of your
network, when they are not the same they tend to not allow internet across
devices hence you not accessing the internet.
Below are
steps on how to remove the listed IPs from your system just in case you encounter
no internet issue;
Step I
On your keyboard press the Win + R button to trigger the run command which will open for in the run command, and then you write control panel or just control and hit Enter.
Step 2
Once the Control panel is opened you will go ahead and click on the network and sharing center to view settings and other issues in the network and sharing center.
Step 3
Once the network and sharing center open select at the top left the change adapter
settings to access the list of network adapters.
Step 4
Select the
adapter that you are interested in either the WIFI name connected or the LAN
connected
Step 5
After
Identifying the adapter that you are connected to you will have to right-click
on it and then select the status to view more options related to that adapter.
Step 6
To access
the IPV4 section of the adapter you will click on the properties button and
then double-click on the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPV4)
Step 7
Once the
interface is opened you will double click on the Internet Protocol Version 4
and when it opens click on the Obtain IP address automatically and Obtain DNS
address automatically, that way it will change from manual assigning to
automatically assigning the IP address as seen below, once this is done hit OK
to go to the previous window then OK again and finally you can exit the network
configuration windows
Compiled by
the Technical Support WOUGNET.
