2007-12-08 05:21:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Usually not, if you have DSL or Cable internet your ISP more than likely uses something called DHCP. In a nutshell that means your modem will go out and grab an IP address from an available pool of addresses for a particular lease time. When the lease is up, your modem puts that ip address back in the pool and grabs a new one, now if the same address is still available it may end up grabbing the same one more than once.
2007-12-08 05:26:48 · answer #1 · answered by Kimpak_myrddin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
generally Speaking the answer is yes . there are only a small amount of isp providers that change your ip . one example is virgin . once you install you are set an ip address . if your pc crashes and you reinstall you may be assigned a different ip .
But as a rule you always have the same ip
2007-12-08 05:28:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only if it is a Static IP address. ISP's are assigned a block of IP addresses so it is possible for you to be assigned the same one on multiple occassions but you are assigned a new one, from the block, each time you connect to your ISP.
2007-12-08 05:27:45 · answer #3 · answered by southtal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for broadband. you ip address changes either twice a month or once a month. dial up. it changes more oftent.
2007-12-08 05:27:21 · answer #4 · answered by agello24 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if its a static one..
if its a dynamic one, it changes everytime u connect the modem
2007-12-08 05:29:44 · answer #5 · answered by Kevlar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋