if you have a dialup modem, do you get a new ip address every time you connect to the internet?

8 Responses to if you have a dialup modem, do you get a new ip address every time you connect to the internet?

1. luckyaz128 | August 3, 2010 at 10:43 pm |

   Yes.

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2. fun_in_chicago | August 4, 2010 at 12:01 am |

   Yes. This way the ISP does not run out of IP addresses

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3. miles b | August 4, 2010 at 3:37 am |

   no you only get one and you use when you download a website

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4. bambamitsdead | August 4, 2010 at 5:41 am |

   Probably.

   If you connect to the same ISP, you’ll get a ‘random’ address allocated from the ISP’s pool. You may get the original one back again (it depends what allocation rule the ISP uses and how long you stay disconnected).

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5. idaho_native57 | August 4, 2010 at 6:52 am |

   No, you would have the same email name and address.

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6. jon_mac_usa | August 4, 2010 at 8:13 am |

   Yep

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7. venky | August 4, 2010 at 9:13 am |

   Yeah, you are absolutely right.

   This is one (rather the only !) advantage with dial-up modem, wherein your PC when connected to your ISP, is supposed to take a DYNAMIC IP ADDRESS. The Broad-band connected PC, even though lightning fast, has a STATIC IP ADDRESS. This, people say, helps the hackers to target a broadband enabled PC than a PC with a dial up connection to the internet.

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8. rowlfe | August 4, 2010 at 10:13 am |

   Maybe. It depends on whether your ISP has recycled the address out to another. If not, you will get the same one back again. When you connect to your ISP the first time, you get an assigned IP address from a pool of addresses. There is a time limit on the “license” to this address. When the time runs out, the address is renewed for another period of time.. When you disconnect, your ISP makes the address available for recycling. Later, when you connect again, the first thing your machine tries to do is renew the livense on the last IP address you had. Your ISP will renew the address if it was not given to someone else, so yes, you could very well get the same address back again the next time you log in. This is known as a “dynamic ip” address. The less people on your ISP at any one time, the more likely you will renew the same IP address as the last time you connected.

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