IP address are configured on a machine (without going into the nuts and bolts of how it is done) but are tied to the location of a machine. Move the machine to another location, it's IP will generally change. There does exist the possiblity if you move from one inhome to another on a carrier's network, you could keep the same IP, depending on how they are configuered to hand them out.

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