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Blueyonder broadband question by vincerooney on 08-29-2005 at 10:53 PM
I've had blueyonder broadband for a while now and i'm starting to realise the IP is changing. I had a different one at the start of the month than i did right now...i thought broadband IP's didnt change? I havent unplugged my computer either from the broadband.
Any idea why this happens? Does it change regularly? Anyone else on blueyonder?
It's not really a problem just a curiousity of mine so thanks for the responses 
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by Negro_Joe on 08-29-2005 at 10:57 PM
Sometimes poeple have a dynamic IP address, this means that your IP will change every now and again 
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by mwe99 on 08-29-2005 at 10:58 PM
I looked on BlueYonder help and it says:
"You acknowledge that Telewest allocates IP addresses dynamically and these may change from time to time without notice;"
Perhaps its that?
btw: http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyonder/getContent...termsandconditions
There's the actual page 
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by vincerooney on 08-29-2005 at 11:01 PM
ahh thanks for your replies. i had no idea this happened, its good in a way it does though. more safe i suppose. thanks for the responses anyway.
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by mwe99 on 08-29-2005 at 11:08 PM
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Originally posted by vincerooney
ahh thanks for your replies. i had no idea this happened, its good in a way it does though. more safe i suppose. thanks for the responses anyway.
Np
and yeah it probably is slightly safer, would be nice to be told though , especially if you play multiplayer games but it would be pointless to tell everyone lol, then you get people calling tech support saying Whats an IP!
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by Garndell on 08-29-2005 at 11:22 PM
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Originally posted by mwe99
quote:
Originally posted by vincerooney
ahh thanks for your replies. i had no idea this happened, its good in a way it does though. more safe i suppose. thanks for the responses anyway.
Np
Safer sometimes, but not for the poor sap that gets your old IP. Especially if you got an enemy online.
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by vincerooney on 08-29-2005 at 11:29 PM
haha yeah garndell thatd be pretty harsh. imagine if you're banned from a ton of websites and then your ip changes and some poor guy gets yours.
I wonder then mine will change next
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by Negro_Joe on 08-29-2005 at 11:32 PM
Its ok! i like helping poeple it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by Chris.1 on 08-30-2005 at 09:38 AM
With blueyonder, if you don't reset your modem (power cycle it) or phone them and ask them to carry out maintenance on your line you will be able to keep the same IP address for longer. Or, at least, that's what I've found.
RE: RE: Blueyonder broadband question by vincerooney on 08-30-2005 at 12:27 PM
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Originally posted by Chris.
With blueyonder, if you don't reset your modem (power cycle it) or phone them and ask them to carry out maintenance on your line you will be able to keep the same IP address for longer. Or, at least, that's what I've found.
I tried a few months ago to try and change my IP. I turned it off on the wall and left it over night but couldnt change it. I never figured out how to do it. Whats power cycling?
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by fluffy_lobster on 08-30-2005 at 01:23 PM
I'm assuming power cycling is putting the modem through its power cycle i.e. reboot it. I think your IP only changes if someone else needs your old one which in always-on broadband terms is relatively rarely. If you need to keep one, get an ethernet broadband modem, which stays connected since your computer connects to it (almost instantly) as a seperate LAN connection, and configuration usually works via a little web panel hosted on the modem.
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by Concord Dawn on 08-30-2005 at 02:17 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Chris.
With blueyonder, if you don't reset your modem (power cycle it) or phone them and ask them to carry out maintenance on your line you will be able to keep the same IP address for longer. Or, at least, that's what I've found.
In my experience with my ISP, it's the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the thing that's connected to the modem that controls if you get a new IP. Whenever I've changed routers, I've gotten a new IP, and also if I leave the router unplugged for 10+ hours, which never happens unless there's a power outage.
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by Mentality on 08-30-2005 at 02:30 PM
Im on blueyonder, I been on for like a year and my IP never changed till the other day, how crazy is that!!
I knew it was dynamic, which made me curious as to why it had never changed. But I didnt really care either.
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by segosa on 08-30-2005 at 02:44 PM
It's your ISP that determines whether you have a dynamic or static IP. I find it kind of scary how my IP hasn't changed for the last 7/8 years.
RE: Blueyonder broadband question by Concord Dawn on 08-30-2005 at 02:59 PM
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Originally posted by segosa
It's your ISP that determines whether you have a dynamic or static IP. I find it kind of scary how my IP hasn't changed for the last 7/8 years.
Just don't get yourself banned from the forums
