While setting up a computer on the network, you use 'ipconfig' and see that the IP address is currently 10.24.16.160, with subnet mask 255.255.255.192. Where did the IP address likely come from?
The IP address either came from your router or your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Sometimes ISP's automatically assign every device under their network an IP address, while other times they allow each individual's home network router to determine the IP of every connected device. This router can either assign an automatic IP address to each device from a range of addresses or the IP address can be assigned manually to each device as static.
