Well everything is in the title really... :-)

I want to exclude my IP from my GA account but there is no point in doing that unless what I get from for example, is a permanent, static IP right ?

Looking at my Network preferences, while connected on my router's WiFi network, there is no "WiFi is connected to...and has the IP address...".

Does that mean my IP address is already set to static ?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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The IP that you care about, and which is shown by whatismyip.com, is the IP assigned by your ISP to your router, not the IP assigned by your router to your Mac.

First, you can check the configuration of your router's WAN/Internet interface. If it says it has a static IP, then you presumably have a static IP.

However, the converse is not necessarily true. The router may by configured to use DHCP to get its IP configuration, but your ISP could still have assigned a permanent, static IP to your connection in their DHCP server.

If you have residential ISP service, this is very unlikely. It's usually only offered for business accounts. If they do offer it for residential service, you would generally have to request it specially, and probably pay an extra fee for it. So if you haven't explicitly requested a static IP, you probably don't have one.

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