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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

Sometimes poeple have a dynamic IP address, this means that your IP will change every now and again

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

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.

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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.

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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!

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Originally posted by mwe99

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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.

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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!

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Safer sometimes, but not for the poor sap that gets your old IP.  Especially if you got an enemy online.

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

Its ok! i like helping poeple it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

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.

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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.

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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?