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MILAMBER · 12-04-2001, 05:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Agility:
You can change ur IP anytime (dont matter if it is cable, or DSL)!
All you have to do is change a few setting and there u go it is changed!

Uhm....no. You're wrong. It depends on what kind of connection you have, but only certain kinds of connections give you dynamic IP addressing. In all cases your IP is given to you by your ISP and you have no control over it unless you are assigned more then one IP from your provider. This would be the case if you had a commercial block of IP's or something. If you acccess the internet through a gateway, you can change your private IP address, but the gateway is still being assigned an address from your ISP.

12-04-2001, 05:41 PM	#13
MILAMBER Lord Soth Join Date: March 5, 2001 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,948	quote: Originally posted by Agility: You can change ur IP anytime (dont matter if it is cable, or DSL)! All you have to do is change a few setting and there u go it is changed! Uhm....no. You're wrong. It depends on what kind of connection you have, but only certain kinds of connections give you dynamic IP addressing. In all cases your IP is given to you by your ISP and you have no control over it unless you are assigned more then one IP from your provider. This would be the case if you had a commercial block of IP's or something. If you acccess the internet through a gateway, you can change your private IP address, but the gateway is still being assigned an address from your ISP. __________________ \"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.\"<br />-General George Patton (1885-1945)<br /> <br />Member of CLAN HADB<br />Founder of The Anti Clan Coalition