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

After serious thinking PeterT wrote :
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 <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid>
wrote:

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

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LSR

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" <nospam@easily.net> wrote in message
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PeterT wrote:
If it's the Netgear router, it presumably rebooted automatically after Sky
pushed out the recent firmware upgrade.

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LSR

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

Why?


Only the ADSL set-up section is missing.

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