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    Default Someone stole my IP address!

    With my internet provider, which is Cable, we are assigned a dynamic IP address, which means we don't "own" the address and it can change at anytime. BUT, I have had my same IP address for the past 3 years, maybe longer. Usually you won't get assigned a new IP unless your modem is powered off for longer than about a week, or you change the MAC address of your modem. These IP addresses are "leased" but with my provider it was like an endless lease, or it reassigned the same address when the lease was up from the DHCP server.

    Enough with the technical jargon. I was assigned a new IP address overnight and I feel like I lost a friend. I want my old address back!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    With my internet provider, which is Cable, we are assigned a dynamic IP address, which means we don't "own" the address and it can change at anytime. BUT, I have had my same IP address for the past 3 years, maybe longer. Usually you won't get assigned a new IP unless your modem is powered off for longer than about a week, or you change the MAC address of your modem. These IP addresses are "leased" but with my provider it was like an endless lease, or it reassigned the same address when the lease was up from the DHCP server.

    Enough with the technical jargon. I was assigned a new IP address overnight and I feel like I lost a friend. I want my old address back!
    you should just call the provider and ask for a static ip
    People show you and tell you who they are and you need to be listening and watching, not deciding that you know better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by abso View Post
    you should just call the provider and ask for a static ip
    They don't offer them for home users, unless I were to upgrade to their business package. I was mostly joking though, there really isn't much of a need for a static IP unless I was hosting something off of my machine, which I'm not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    They don't offer them for home users, unless I were to upgrade to their business package. I was mostly joking though, there really isn't much of a need for a static IP unless I was hosting something off of my machine, which I'm not.
    okay
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