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RE: Blueyonder broadband question
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.
08-30-2005 01:23 PM
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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.
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RE: Blueyonder broadband question
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.
08-30-2005 02:30 PM
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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.
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08-30-2005 02:44 PM
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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 :-P
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