RocketJeff
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join:2008-08-20
Birmingham, AL
| reply to cork1958
Re: Frequently changing IP addresses
Just another point of information. Because of this thread, I setup an automatic job to track my IP address. I first recorded my IP address on 8/25/08 at about noon and it hasn't changed since then.
According to my router, the lease does expire every eight hours. While that seems a bit short, I assume that's so that Charter can reallocate blocks of IPs as needed between areas without having to wait too long for a block to be completely free.
I don't run a server that's available from the internet, but I do have a home server (behind by router/firewall) that retrieves info from the internet on a regular (several times an hour) basis. This might be what's keeping my IP constant - my connection has regular usage and my address is renewed as soon as it expires. |
