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Stickiness of IP addresses
17-07-2018 2:27 PM
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Hi,
Having moved from BT to Plusnet, the stickniess of the dynamic Ip addresses is a joke. 40 minutes disconnected and it still gives me the same IP address.
Any tips on how I can get a new one from the pool when I want one or has it been like this since reading on this forum about the "new network".
The router is rubbish as well - luckily held onto the Smart Hub 6.
Thanks for reading.
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17-07-2018 2:35 PM
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Welcome to the forum.
Yes the IP addresses are sticky these days, try leaving it disconnected for a couple of hours.
Yes the Samarthub 6 is better than a Plusnet Hub One, which is a Home Hub 5a with tweeked firmware.
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Re: Stickiness of IP addresses
17-07-2018 2:41 PM
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Thanks for the fast reply Baldrick1.
Shame I signed up now if they are that sticky. Should not have gone for the cheap option - well cheaper. Nothing is cheap these days.
But thanks for the knowledge.
Much appreciated.
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17-07-2018 2:43 PM
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17-07-2018 2:59 PM
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I don't know why you want to change IP addresses but I guess that using a VPN would resolve your issue. For browsing when I don't want to leave an IP address trail behind I use a free VPN browser extension. Windscribe will give you 10GB per month free and has both Chrome and Firefox versions. I select the end IP address as UK and have no issues with it. When not needed I just switch it off.
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17-07-2018 4:44 PM
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@Browni wrote:
I believe being disconnected for 65 minutes or more should do the trick.
Leaving it for that long might work, but for certain parts of the network you'll probably be reassigned the same IP, or at the least from a very similar group of IPs.
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