On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 20:51, Kevin Brown wrote:
> >>They still use the external address. It's just an HTTP connection to the
> >>service's server and they use the source address from that request as
> >>yours.
> >
> >
> > Ah, I see. However, you've still got to worry about updating too often
> > -- I've never used these services before, but I saw a few years ago when
> > I was looking at these things that DynDNS, at least, will terminate your
> > account if you are constantly updating due to the load it puts on their
> > servers if too many people do that.
> >
>
> DHCP leases on most of the high-speed connections I've had have lasted a minimum
> of 24 hours. Cox@home users have reported having the same IP for years (as long
> as modem didn't change). So you really shouldn't need to update remote dynamic
> DNS services that often.
----
Actually, just changed my cable modem today (old one died...a Siemens,
new one from Cox tech, Motorola Surfboard). IP Address still the same.
Provisioning changes are all that are likely to change your ip address.
Of course, nothing is guaranteed.
Craig
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