Thread: IP Addresses...
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Old 21-09-2008, 14:51   #4
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Re: IP Addresses...

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Originally Posted by Kymmy View Post
IP addresses tend to stay with the user until certain circumstances..
  • MAC address of the PC/Router attached to the modem changes
  • UBR gets resegmented
  • Modem gets replaced

Some people have had the same IP for years, others haven't
Further to that they're named "sticky" IP's. Your IP is always assigned to you, providing its not been assigned to someone else in the pool first.

The IP can change, just not very often.
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