<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/12 Iain Barnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iainspeed@gmail.com">iainspeed@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<br><div><div>On 12 Nov 2009, at 11:08, gordon dunlop wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><div>Well you tell me why my external IP address changed when I changed my router. This was at the time when I was testing the TayLUG website on my home server and I was having port forwarding problems with the first router. The consequence of changing routers meant that I had to change the IP settings on the DNS server to properly point to the TayLUG website on my home server.<br>
<br>Gordon <br></div></div><br> </blockquote><br></div></div><div>unless it's on a static IP (which is unlikely since Gordon's not mentioned it), then it's entirely likely that a new address would be given out if there was any time between the release and the renew, and if the new router had a different MAC address.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It's DHCP, innit.</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Virgin Media cable ties the IP address to the customers hardware MAC address. When you use a different router that has a different MAC address than the IP/MAC address pair that is registered in the database does not match, then a new IP address is automatically issued. The good thing about this is that as long as your router holds good you are practically getting a static IP address which is great for running a home server operating personal (non-commercial) websites etc. Because I had only been with Virgin for just over a year, I was asking previously about how long people have had the same IP address hoping to get the reply "I have had the same IP address for 5 years" or whatever. <br>
<br>Gordon<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div></div><font color="#888888"><div>
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