Cable Forum - View Single Post - two ip addresses assigned to cable modem.

pogo209 · 13-11-2005, 18:03

hi, first off im new here so hello to all.
i have the blueyonder broadband cable 1m package hoping itll soon be upgraded to 4m and i live in the falkirk area of scotland.
thot id have a look around to see if anyone was having the same problem as i have before i started a seperate thread, and what do you know - someones got same kinda problem as me.
i play an online game, and recently i have been getting packet loss and experiencing higher pings then ever before. using a feature of the game used to check sys. info such as ping and packet loss etc. i can see that i am getting packet loss inbound and outbound from my machine sometimes as high as 28%. also using online speed checks i can see my download speed is way lower then it should be also.
and to top it all off, it now appears that i have two ip addresses. my old one is still showing whenever i connect to the IRC server i use, but when playing online my ip is totally different, so i used various online checks and indeed it seems i have two ip addresses now.
so basically i was wondering if this could be anything to do with telewest being in the middle of upgrading in my area or if perhaps there could be another explanation ie my machine being used as a proxy and spoofing a second ip.
any info would be great thanks and if anyone needs more specific info about my setup etc just ask.
cheers again for your time.

13-11-2005, 18:03	#2
pogo209 Inactive Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3	Re: two ip addresses assigned to cable modem. hi, first off im new here so hello to all. i have the blueyonder broadband cable 1m package hoping itll soon be upgraded to 4m and i live in the falkirk area of scotland. thot id have a look around to see if anyone was having the same problem as i have before i started a seperate thread, and what do you know - someones got same kinda problem as me. i play an online game, and recently i have been getting packet loss and experiencing higher pings then ever before. using a feature of the game used to check sys. info such as ping and packet loss etc. i can see that i am getting packet loss inbound and outbound from my machine sometimes as high as 28%. also using online speed checks i can see my download speed is way lower then it should be also. and to top it all off, it now appears that i have two ip addresses. my old one is still showing whenever i connect to the IRC server i use, but when playing online my ip is totally different, so i used various online checks and indeed it seems i have two ip addresses now. so basically i was wondering if this could be anything to do with telewest being in the middle of upgrading in my area or if perhaps there could be another explanation ie my machine being used as a proxy and spoofing a second ip. any info would be great thanks and if anyone needs more specific info about my setup etc just ask. cheers again for your time.