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Date:	Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:25:47 PST8
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Subject:	SCOUG-Help: DSL service: static IP dumb question !?

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Hi SCOUGians, =

First of all: There are NO dumb questions but may be some dumb answers
;-)

Ones connection assigning via an ISP to the WWW normally has 2 IP
ranges:
1) The ISP's, normally given are dynamic, with the ISP's DNS !
1a) The user cannot modify this !
1b) Alternatively an ISP may offer static IPs for an additonal fee !

Wayne may have had these service before !?

2) Ones own environment is having another range (normally
192.168.xxx.yyy) of IP's !!
2a) It's on ones own decision to set these dynamic or static and this
to do with TCPCFG(2) !!

Myself I prefer the own IP always set static !!!
Each of the system is having a fix IP address ie like following:

192.168.xxx.100 for the DSL router / AP
192.168.xxx.111 for system 1
192.168.xxx.112 for system 2
192.168.xxx.113 for system 3 ... etc.

Like this I know each systems IP address !!!
And with the router having a parallel port I know it's adress 200 for
the printer !!!

Another aspect is router security settings:
In the router's security settings I also set 1st mac address to system
1 ...
=2E.. 2nd mac address to system 2 ...
=2E.. 3rd mac address to system 3 ... etc.

Well structured like this I have NO probs to remember how everthing is =

connected and how I have set ;-)

Hope this may help you !?

Cheers, svob=EF

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2lvvuss02@sneakemail.com on 12.02.2006 12.04.25
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Subject: SCOUG-Help: DSL service: static IP dumb question

** Reply to message from "Wayne waynec@linkline.com" on Sat, 11 Feb 2006
15:10:12 PST8

> 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.

My guess would be that you currently have a dynamic address but it is
possible
that you have a static address if you have had this service for a
number of
years (I have a static IP). You can find out by looking at the way
your router
is configured (most routers have a browser interface for doing the
configuration, look in the documentation). Unless you are running a
web or
email server on your home machine you will not know the difference
between
dynamic or static so I would say to change to the lower cost service.

-- =

Robert Blair

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