


While his days of steering students toward greatness are behind him, his lifelong desire to delight, entertain, and inform lives on in his work at How-To Geek. In addition to the long run as a tech writer and editor, Jason spent over a decade as a college instructor doing his best to teach a generation of English students that there's more to success than putting your pants on one leg at a time and writing five-paragraph essays. In 2023, he assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief. In 2022, he returned to How-To Geek to focus on one of his biggest tech passions: smart home and home automation. In 2019, he stepped back from his role at Review Geek to focus all his energy on LifeSavvy. With years of awesome fun, writing, and hardware-modding antics at How-To Geek under his belt, Jason helped launch How-To Geek's sister site Review Geek in 2017. After cutting his teeth on tech writing at Lifehacker and working his way up, he left as Weekend Editor and transferred over to How-To Geek in 2010. He's been in love with technology since his earliest memories of writing simple computer programs with his grandfather, but his tech writing career took shape back in 2007 when he joined the Lifehacker team as their very first intern. Jason has over a decade of experience in publishing and has penned thousands of articles during his time at LifeSavvy, Review Geek, How-To Geek, and Lifehacker. Prior to that, he was the Founding Editor of Review Geek. Prior to his current role, Jason spent several years as Editor-in-Chief of LifeSavvy, How-To Geek's sister site focused on tips, tricks, and advice on everything from kitchen gadgets to home improvement. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the site to ensure readers have the most up-to-date information on everything from operating systems to gadgets. Jason Fitzpatrick is the Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. But if you're handing out your address to your friends, it suddenly matters a lot, as you'll have to always give them your new IP address before starting a game. Most of the time, that doesn't matter much to you.

The external IP address distinguishes your home from other homes, while the internal IP address distinguishes between the computers inside your home.īecause your external IP address is dynamically assigned, though, it means that every time your cable modem restarts, you get a new IP address. This is different from the internal IP addresses on your local network-think of your external IP address like a street address, and your internal IP address like an apartment number. The vast majority of people have an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that gives them a dynamically assigned IP address for their home connection. Related: What Is Dynamic DNS (DDNS), and How Do You Set It Up? This step is optional, but highly recommended. It'll save you a bunch of time in the future, and make things easier for your friends as well.

Step Three (Optional): Enable a Dynamic DNS Service
