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 ·AT&T Southeast
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| Static IP addresses I want to ask some stupid questions. Why don't ISPs automatically set up static IP addresses for the customers? Why does it cost $10-$20 to get a static IP address? If everyone with an internet access device tried to get on the internet at the same time, would that cause some type of IP address shortage? | |
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  GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Re: Static IP addresses said by davidhoffman:I want to ask some stupid questions. Why don't ISPs automatically set up static IP addresses for the customers? Why does it cost $10-$20 to get a static IP address? If everyone with an internet access device tried to get on the internet at the same time, would that cause some type of IP address shortage? Yes, that's why IPv6 is right around the corner.
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 elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | yes it would
which is why IPv6 is win
but yea regardless ISPs know who has or had what ip and when | |
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 |  56403739Less than 5 months leftPremium
join:2006-03-08
Naples, FL
kudos:2 | Re: Static IP addresses You can do pseudo-static IP assignments via DHCP. Cable companies have done it for years via the MAC address of the modem. In fact, unless you do something to change it at the server a DHCP address won't change upon renewal. As you noted, they don't change very often unless you are on a PPPoE-type system.
The real reason static IP addresses cost more is because ISPs know those who want one will pay extra for it. The vast majority of customers don't even know what theirs is. | |
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| | Not with IPV6......
Even with IPV4, with proper routing and the like, you can trace particular events back to a single system even if they share the same external ip. | |
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