Is It Normal For Your Ip To Change?

[Monkeee]

well i just wanted to check my IP www.whatismyip.com and then i noticed everytime i restarted my computer it changed... is that normal? i have SBC YAHOO DSL....? :blink:

[abu_has_the_power]

for dsl, no. for 56k yes. :wacko: i need some sleep.

[Monkeee]

yay my DSL is special

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by Monkeee@6 July 2004 - 02:56
yay my DSL is special
i wish i had a special dsl. lol. comcast licks monkey balls! they really piss me off

[S!X]

Sometimes mine changes but not all the time when i have my router hooked up it doesent change since i manually set my ip.

[Voetsek]

Unless you have a static one it will change ADSL or not and not all isps let you have static and some make you pay extra for a static ip

[shn]

It usually doesn't change if your router is hooked up, you turn your pc off you will still have that same public ip. Your connection could either be getting reset or your loosing the connection periodically.

[harrycary]

Your ISP probably has a small pool of IPs to use and subsequently is cycling through them everytime you get online.

[[B][O][T]]

http://www.showmyip.com is real good :)

BOT

[Snee]

It's better if it changes, makes you harder to track, for one thing.


Harder to ip-ban, for another.

[manker]

A dynamic IP doesn't necessarily mean your IP changes each time you connect, this behaviour is particular to your ISP's policy. Dynamic IPs can remain the same for months. Static and dynamic IP addresses are defined by how they are assigned to your PC by your ISP.

If your ISP had to assign you your IP either by phone or mail and you had to activate it yourself within windows, then you have a static IP, otherwise you have a dynamic IP.

edit: bad grammar <_<

[tesco]

Originally posted by manker@6 July 2004 - 19:10
Dynamic IPs can remain the same for months.
Got that right.
Mine has been same for atleast 3 months now :(
I even asked rogers to change it via email and they haven&#39;t yet changed it OR replied :(

[orcutt989]

:blink:
Originally posted by Monkeee@6 July 2004 - 07:50
well i just wanted to check my IP www.whatismyip.com and then i noticed everytime i restarted my computer it changed... is that normal? i have SBC YAHOO DSL....?&nbsp; :blink:
You have a dynamic IP address.





EDIT: Spoke too soon.

[shn]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+6 July 2004 - 19:36--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 6 July 2004 - 19:36)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-manker@6 July 2004 - 19:10
Dynamic IPs can remain the same for months.
Got that right.
Mine has been same for atleast 3 months now :(
I even asked rogers to change it via email and they haven&#39;t yet changed it OR replied :( [/b][/quote]
Hack your router then you can change your ip anytime you want.

Good luck with it&#39;s firmware through. :lol:

[tesco]

Originally posted by shn+7 July 2004 - 01:32--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (shn @ 7 July 2004 - 01:32)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@6 July 2004 - 19:36
<!--QuoteBegin-manker@6 July 2004 - 19:10
Dynamic IPs can remain the same for months.
Got that right.
Mine has been same for atleast 3 months now :(
I even asked rogers to change it via email and they haven&#39;t yet changed it OR replied :(
Hack your router then you can change your ip anytime you want.

Good luck with it&#39;s firmware through. :lol: [/b][/quote]
How?

:lol:

[shn]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+7 July 2004 - 00:53--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 7 July 2004 - 00:53)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by shn@7 July 2004 - 01:32

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@6 July 2004 - 19:36
<!--QuoteBegin-manker@6 July 2004 - 19:10
Dynamic IPs can remain the same for months.
Got that right.
Mine has been same for atleast 3 months now :(
I even asked rogers to change it via email and they haven&#39;t yet changed it OR replied :(
Hack your router then you can change your ip anytime you want.

Good luck with it&#39;s firmware through. :lol:
How?

:lol: [/b][/quote]
Depends on the router you have. I&#39;ve done it. But it&#39;s beyond the scope of this forum unless you have the exact same router as me. ;)

[Turkishjade]

I don&#39;t know if this is the case, but...

I have a cable modem and my PC maintains a static IP until I switch out my desktop for my laptop. Once I do that, my laptop can&#39;t connect, I have to shut off my cable modem and restart it. Then my laptop has a different IP than my desktop.

From what I&#39;ve heard listening to other users (since I have a simple FTP server setup so I can get files from home at work I needed to know) it&#39;s pretty common. And it, in fact, does change every time....I would expect that your IP will change with your ISP everytime your machine ID changes....

Hint to all those who want to do (craaaazzzzy) things and that have a standard desktop as well as a laptop that they don&#39;t use all that often on their home PC.

[shn]

Originally posted by Turkishjade@7 July 2004 - 01:35
I don&#39;t know if this is the case, but...

I have a cable modem and my PC maintains a static IP until I switch out my desktop for my laptop.&nbsp; Once I do that, my laptop can&#39;t connect, I have to shut off my cable modem and restart it.&nbsp; Then my laptop has a different IP than my desktop.&nbsp;

From what I&#39;ve heard listening to other users (since I have a simple FTP server setup so I can get files from home at work I needed to know) it&#39;s pretty common.&nbsp; And it, in fact, does change every time....I would expect that your IP will change with your ISP everytime your machine ID changes....

Hint to all those who want to do (craaaazzzzy) things and that have a standard desktop as well as a laptop that they don&#39;t use all that often on their home PC.
When you use a router or even a cable modem your machine id, mac address, or internal ip has no effect on your external ip.

Your isp communicates with you only through the modem or other device. They don&#39;t know anything about the machines behind your modem or router at all. That&#39;s why most broadband users can turn off all pc&#39;s in the home and the public ip will never change unless the connection is reset by the isp or you physically turn the router off it might give you another ip but anything you are logged into or downloading will be interrupted. There is a way to release, renew, and keep it without ressetting the whole connection to your isp.

So no your machine id or what you call it has nothing to do with your ip changing.

[ObiWan]

Maybe he has one of those usb "ADSL Modems" rather than an ADSL router. Some "ADSL Modems" even use DUN.

[tesco]

Originally posted by shn+7 July 2004 - 02:12--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (shn @ 7 July 2004 - 02:12)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@7 July 2004 - 00:53

Originally posted by shn@7 July 2004 - 01:32

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@6 July 2004 - 19:36
<!--QuoteBegin-manker@6 July 2004 - 19:10
Dynamic IPs can remain the same for months.
Got that right.
Mine has been same for atleast 3 months now :(
I even asked rogers to change it via email and they haven&#39;t yet changed it OR replied :(
Hack your router then you can change your ip anytime you want.

Good luck with it&#39;s firmware through. :lol:
How?

:lol:
Depends on the router you have. I&#39;ve done it. But it&#39;s beyond the scope of this forum unless you have the exact same router as me. ;) [/b][/quote]
maybe, it&#39;s a dlink 704p...that what u got? :P

[XxKrNxStyLeZxX]

i have Linksys 54G router hooked up to the toshiba cable modem on this desktop...is there a way to change my IP? because mines the same no matter what i do...i think it stays the same even if i reset the router and the modem