IP Address question

Hi,

I've just done a speed test at Speedtest.net and noticed that my IP
address has changed. This is the first change I'm aware of - my ISP
is Sky (Easynet) - can anyone tell me the reason for this change?

There appears to be no difference, my download speed is about norm -
6.7Mb/s, I'm just interested.

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Cheers

Peter


PeterT

After serious thinking PeterT wrote :
> Hi,
>
> I've just done a speed test at Speedtest.net and noticed that my IP
> address has changed. This is the first change I'm aware of - my ISP
> is Sky (Easynet) - can anyone tell me the reason for this change?
>
> There appears to be no difference, my download speed is about norm -
> 6.7Mb/s, I'm just interested.

Sky's IP addresses are very very dynamic.

You will get a new one at least as often as you reboot the router.

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:46:00 +0100, Jono <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>After serious thinking PeterT wrote :
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just done a speed test at Speedtest.net and noticed that my IP
>> address has changed. This is the first change I'm aware of - my ISP
>> is Sky (Easynet) - can anyone tell me the reason for this change?
>>
>> There appears to be no difference, my download speed is about norm -
>> 6.7Mb/s, I'm just interested.
>
>Sky's IP addresses are very very dynamic.
>
>You will get a new one at least as often as you reboot the router.
>

OK, thanks for the info. This change seems to have occured without me
re-booting ther router. In fact I can't remember the last time it was
rebooted,must be well over 6 months ago.
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Cheers

Peter

PeterT was thinking very hard :
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:46:00 +0100, Jono <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> After serious thinking PeterT wrote :
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've just done a speed test at Speedtest.net and noticed that my IP
>>> address has changed. This is the first change I'm aware of - my ISP
>>> is Sky (Easynet) - can anyone tell me the reason for this change?
>>>
>>> There appears to be no difference, my download speed is about norm -
>>> 6.7Mb/s, I'm just interested.
>>
>> Sky's IP addresses are very very dynamic.
>>
>> You will get a new one at least as often as you reboot the router.
>>
>
> OK, thanks for the info. This change seems to have occured without me
> re-booting ther router. In fact I can't remember the last time it was
> rebooted,must be well over 6 months ago.

which was why I said "at least as often as you reboot the router"

I get a new IP address at least once a week from Sky

PeterT wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:46:00 +0100, Jono <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> After serious thinking PeterT wrote :
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've just done a speed test at Speedtest.net and noticed that my IP
>>> address has changed. This is the first change I'm aware of - my ISP
>>> is Sky (Easynet) - can anyone tell me the reason for this change?
>>>
>>> There appears to be no difference, my download speed is about norm -
>>> 6.7Mb/s, I'm just interested.
>>
>> Sky's IP addresses are very very dynamic.
>>
>> You will get a new one at least as often as you reboot the router.
>>
>
> OK, thanks for the info. This change seems to have occured without me
> re-booting ther router. In fact I can't remember the last time it was
> rebooted,must be well over 6 months ago.

If it's the Netgear router, it presumably rebooted automatically after Sky
pushed out the recent firmware upgrade.

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LSR

> If it's the Netgear router, it presumably rebooted automatically after Sky
> pushed out the recent firmware upgrade.

Most routers show uptime since it was last rebooted, if there is a power
glitch in the night due to a thunderstorm or whatever the router may
reboot.

i

So Sky have some control of the router they give to their customers ?

suprised they can force a firmware update

must be severly customised



"LSR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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PeterT wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:46:00 +0100, Jono <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> After serious thinking PeterT wrote :
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've just done a speed test at Speedtest.net and noticed that my IP
>>> address has changed. This is the first change I'm aware of - my ISP
>>> is Sky (Easynet) - can anyone tell me the reason for this change?
>>>
>>> There appears to be no difference, my download speed is about norm -
>>> 6.7Mb/s, I'm just interested.
>>
>> Sky's IP addresses are very very dynamic.
>>
>> You will get a new one at least as often as you reboot the router.
>>
>
> OK, thanks for the info. This change seems to have occured without me
> re-booting ther router. In fact I can't remember the last time it was
> rebooted,must be well over 6 months ago.

If it's the Netgear router, it presumably rebooted automatically after Sky
pushed out the recent firmware upgrade.

--
LSR

april brought next idea :
> So Sky have some control of the router they give to their customers ?

Complete(ish) control. They are locked down to such a degree that one
cannot immediately discover the ADSL username & password.

>
> suprised they can force a firmware update

Why?

>
> must be severly customised


Only the ADSL set-up section is missing.

april wrote:
> So Sky have some control of the router they give to their customers ?
>
> suprised they can force a firmware update

BT also do it with their HomeHub - firmware updates are usually rolled out
overnight and "pushed" at the customer