| IP address question I turn my modem off occasionally, but the IP address is always the same at next bootup. I guess it's locked-in at the head end and married to my modem. When I had DSL, it changed every day when I rebooted. Once TWC assigns an IP address, does it stay the same for quite some time even during multiple reboots?
Thanks. |
|
 swintecPremium,VIP
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
kudos:4
 ·RapidVPS
 ·Sprint Mobile Br..
 ·VoicePulse
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Change the device attached to the modem (or the MAC address that the modem sees) and you will get a new IP address.
--
Usenet Block Accounts | Unlimited Accounts |
|
 JabbuPremium
join:2002-03-06 | reply to Bluphan
Used to be a 7 day lease, not sure if it is still 7. |
|
 hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:8 | reply to Bluphan
It will stay the same unless someone new takes it from the pool.
Hob |
|
| reply to Bluphan
You don't have a static IP, TWC doesn't do them for residential anymore. It'll change eventually. |
|
| said by Fleeced:You don't have a static IP, TWC doesn't do them for residential anymore. It'll change eventually.
Eventually can be six months down the road. |
|
 hawk82
join:2001-04-26
Oakland, ME | reply to Bluphan
Your IP address on DSL changed, probably because your provider used PPPoE and the IP address was tied to successful authentication against the radius servers. |
|
| reply to Bluphan
My take is that the MAC address goes into a lookup pool and TWC establishes a permanent link between MAC and IP on their servers. I have had the same IP for a few years now. Guess my neighborhood has not grown that much. |
|
hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:8 | I think I said the same thing earlier in the thread, thanks for the support.
Hob |
|
|
|
cramer
join:2007-04-10
Raleigh, NC
kudos:7 | reply to spider62
Not "permanent". Until your lease expires and the address is given to someone else, the DHCP server will keep giving you the same address.
(Or until some monkeys break the DHCP server.  It happens.) |
|
