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More on IP address stability
15-07-2025 4:57 PM - edited 15-07-2025 4:58 PM
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Interesting?
By looking at some Wikipedia User talk pages addressed to myself, dating from 2021, (before I had a Wikipedia account) I see my then Plusnet IP address was identical to my current Plusnet IP address.
Is this a record? 😄
Re: More on IP address stability
16-07-2025 11:48 AM
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You don't by any chance have the (now no longer available) "static IP address option" do you.
Failing that, I wonder if you use something like the Plusnet "safe" DNS, that may cause the IP address to remain the same.
Re: More on IP address stability
16-07-2025 6:12 PM
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I have never had a Plusnet static IP option.
My Plusnet Hub 2 router itself uses the default PN DNS servers. I seem to vaguely recall something about a PN 'New Network' or something that means people just do effectively have fixed IPs. But I was genuinely surprised to find I am now on the same IP as back in the day when I was still on ADSL 2+ with a PN supplied Technicolor router.
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What do you mean by “my address”? That of your Plusnet hosted website or your connection address?
The latter being consistent across product changes, without having a static IP address option seems unlikely … unless you used the Plusnet connection side firewall.
In another browser tab, login into the Plusnet user portal BEFORE clicking the fault & ticket links
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@pvmb You may not have asked for a static IP address but there are some situations where you get one automatically.
Using the account based firewall or the Safeguard DNS servers are two possibilities, I think that could explain your long lived IP address.
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Using the account based firewall or the Safeguard DNS servers are two possibilities,
Using the firewall is but using the Safeguard DNS isn't
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