Something strange is going on help needed

ontheball · 23-10-2008, 21:00

Right Ive been using speedtest.net to check my speeds. Ive run about 3 or 4 tests total. When looking at my speedtest history. First ive noticed that my recent speedtests have disappeared. Instead there are some strange results.

Ive got one showing 0.62mb 10/23/2008
19.37 6/14/2008 I did not run this test so confused
10.83 6/10/2007
1.94 6/10/2007

im not even on a 20mb connection. my tests for this year in the months october and september have vanished. I dont recognise any of the others. These are all listed as coming from my ip address.

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sorry but should I have 2 ip addresses with my virgin media im sure i had a static address

Thomas.Fisk · 23-10-2008, 21:08

virgin don't do static ips. Instead, they give 'sticky ips', which stay with the MAC address of the client connected to the modem. Whenever a ubr gets resegmented, however, you lose those.

ontheball · 23-10-2008, 22:00

Ive just realised megabytes and megabits.

Im still looking at a 0.08mb recent result though which is ridulously low.

Toto · 23-10-2008, 22:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas.Fisk

virgin don't do static ips. Instead, they give 'sticky ips', which stay with the MAC address of the client connected to the modem. Whenever a ubr gets resegmented, however, you lose those.

True....to a point, they can change though without resegmentation, depending on the current subscription of the uBR. Each IP lease is given for 7 days, if the uBR is well subscribed then it is likely you'll get a new IP address after is 7 day lease.

23-10-2008, 23:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by ontheball

Right Ive been using speedtest.net to check my speeds. Ive run about 3 or 4 tests total. When looking at my speedtest history. First ive noticed that my recent speedtests have disappeared. Instead there are some strange results.

Ive got one showing 0.62mb 10/23/2008
19.37 6/14/2008 I did not run this test so confused
10.83 6/10/2007
1.94 6/10/2007

im not even on a 20mb connection. my tests for this year in the months october and september have vanished. I dont recognise any of the others. These are all listed as coming from my ip address.

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sorry but should I have 2 ip addresses with my virgin media im sure i had a static address

All Virgin IP's are dynamic and can change when your weekly lease expires or you reboot your modem.

deed02392 · 24-10-2008, 00:36

My IP hasn't changed for literally years - despite multiple reboots, offline time and changing through speeds from 1Mb to 20Mb. How is this possible then?

Turkey Machine · 24-10-2008, 00:52

They like you?

It's just possible you have a lifetime lease on your IP. In which case, hold on to it!

deed02392 · 24-10-2008, 01:02

I'm trying bud, got so many domains pointing this way I'd be totally lost if it changed!

Gary L · 24-10-2008, 01:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by deed02392

My IP hasn't changed for literally years - despite multiple reboots, offline time and changing through speeds from 1Mb to 20Mb. How is this possible then?

Is this worth Mensa points?

deed02392 · 24-10-2008, 13:22

Sorry, I forgot to close the <sarcasm> tag :P

Ignitionnet · 24-10-2008, 14:47

The leases themselves shouldn't be allowed to expire, so long as you've a client PC connected it will renew its' lease whenever it's switched on, and most devices should periodically, usually around half way through the lease, renew the address anyway.

If you aren't resegmented you generally won't see an IP change.