This is a bit of a tricky question — the answer is both yes and no. More than one device can share the same external (public) IP address, but each device will have its own local (private) IP address. For example, your ISP (internet service provider) sets your home up with one external IP address. Since your router is what actually connects to the internet, the IP address is assigned to your router. Your router then assigns a local IP address to each device that is connected to the internet at a time. The external IP address is what is shared with the outside world. Your local IP address is not shared outside of your private home network.

To je nekoliko zapleteno vprašanje – odgovor je da in ne. Več naprav si lahko deli isti zunanji (javni) naslov IP, vendar bo vsaka od njih imela svoj lokalni (zasebni) naslov IP. Vaš ponudnik internetnih storitev na primer dodeli vašemu domu en zunanji naslov IP. Ker se z internetom dejansko povezuje vaš usmerjevalnik, je naslov IP dodeljen njemu. Usmerjevalnik nato vsaki napravi, ki je povezana z internetom, dodeli lokalni naslov IP. Zunanjemu svetu je prikazan zunanji naslov IP, medtem ko lokalni naslov IP ni viden zunaj vašega domačega omrežja.