{"id":12567,"date":"2009-11-10T14:52:06","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T18:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=12567"},"modified":"2014-06-23T12:23:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T16:23:35","slug":"static-ip","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/networks\/wired\/static-ip\/","title":{"rendered":"Static IP Addresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A static IP address is a permanent network address for a computing system. With a static IP address, you can register a unique hostname which may be required for certain applications, such as backup services. A unique hostname also allows you to use that system to provide computing services to others. In contrast to automatically assigned dynamic (DHCP) IP addresses, static IP addresses must be requested.<\/p>\n<p>With a static IP address:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access restricted services and provide services to othes from your system.<\/li>\n<li>Assignment of static IP addresses<\/li>\n<li>Assignment of hostnames<\/li>\n<li>Automatic updates to Domain Name Services (DNS) functions such as MX records<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Requests for assignment of a static IP address must be made by a faculty or staff member and are reviewed based on need. Requests require the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A brief description of the services or content being accessed or provided<\/li>\n<li>The physical location of the system<\/li>\n<li>The principal technical and administrative contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Static IP addresses are issued only to faculty or staff of the University.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<p>We encourage members of the community to use DHCP instead of static IP addresses whenever possible. If a system accessing or providing services requires a static IP address, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\" class=\"myhelp_activate\">submit a request<\/a> or send email to <a href=\"mailto:hostmaster@bu.edu\">hostmaster@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/networks\/dns\/\">Domain Name Services (DNS)<\/a> page also has more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A static IP address is a permanent network address for a computing system. With a static IP address, you can register a unique hostname which may be required for certain applications, such as backup services. A unique hostname also allows you to use that system to provide computing services to others. In contrast to automatically&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1303,"featured_media":0,"parent":26553,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12567"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82359,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12567\/revisions\/82359"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}