wrote:
> What's the easiest way to find out if I'm using a
> static or dynamic IP?
It should be quickly evident when you look at the
settings in your MPTS notebook. There is either a
checkbox checked for dynamic, or a specific,
hard-coded static address in there.
> I assume the router is the only box that cares, and
> that the IP
> addresses the router uses on the computer
> (downstream) side are static,
> even though it may/could use dynamic IP's for the
> server (upstream)
> side... am I right? or wrong?
Probably right, but I'm not well versed in this area.
> I just found out that I've been overpaying my ISP,
> who never bothered to
> tell me the speeds and price structures have changed
> and that I could
> get a higher DSL speed for less money (from them)
> than I've been getting
> for the higher price they've continued to charge
> me... but the lower
> price requires using dynamic IP addresses.
That tends to be the official line, but isn't
necessarily so. Depends on your provider, what
policies they have, and are said policies chiseled in
stone with no exceptions. I had PacBell sevice at the
time they went over to the SBC | Yahoo DSL package,
with better speeds & features at considerably less
cost. They wanted to move everyone over to that.
Doing so supposedly required that I surrender my fixed
IP, which I didn't want to do. (This would also have
entailed that I change my email address, which I
*also* didn't want to do.) Had I made the change via
their regular Sales office, I would have had no choice
on this.
But I had a Tech Support connection, who told me about
*other* options (not available through the Sales
Dept.) that were specifically geared towards retention
of "legacy" customers (I think the benchmark was
customers of 5 years standing, though it might have
been less), who might otherwise defect to some
competing provider. This also affected the price and
available speed. I had to agree to a fresh one-year
contract, but that was not an issue to me. They
reprogrammed my DSL modem (remotely), upgraded some of
the connection infrastructure *outside*, and I was off
to the races. No inside service visit, minor one-time
charges. No OS/2 - related changes. The bottom line
was that I kept my fixed IP and my email address, then
paid a lot less for much better service.
Jordan
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