How can a device get an IP address?

[a_tek7]

IP address?

How can A device get an IP address?

 

[ck84]

IP address?

It doesn't. You have to assign one to it. An IP is usually a group of 4 numbers like 10.0.0.9. It is completely up to you to decide which address a device will get. Then you configure your switch or router to handle the routing.

 

[echo47]

IP address?

Many internet devices can be manually configured as ck84 suggested, however most modern devices default to requesting an IP address (and other configuration info) from your network's DHCP server.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhcp

In a typical home or small office network, the broadband interface box (such as a cable modem or DSL modem) usually provides a DHCP server to your local network.