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OCR: 3 4 4 SECTION CHAPTER 6 Your router has its own IP address, typically obtained from your Internet service provider's DHCP server. (Recall that DHCP server assigns dynamic IP addresses to devices that request them.) It is also possible for your router to have fixed IP address set up by you or an installer. The key point about your router's F address is that it is routable A routable IP address one which can be accessed by packets on the Internet When you connect your computer router and request an IP address, your router answers your request, you the ISP Most routers are configured assign private IP addresses. private IP address non-routable IF address that can be used within a LAN, but not for Internet data transport. When the IP addressing scheme was devised, three ranges of addresses wer ...