deeguy1
join:2009-07-01
| Verizon FIOS IP Address
My Verizon FIOS plan says the lease type is "dynamic", yet everytime I turn the box on and off, I still have the same IP address. Before, when I just had regular DSL, my IP address would change everytime I powered the box on and off. Is there a way to keep this setting with FIOS? Especially without having to pay extra money or sign up with something else? |
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PetePuma
How many lumps do you want
Premium,MVM
join:2002-06-13
Arlington, VA
| No, with DHCP you'll keep the same IP unless the back-end system assigns that IP to someone else while your hardware is off. The way DHCP is designed though it will always prefer to give you the same address if it can.
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Fight fire with water. |
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deeguy1
join:2009-07-01 | I think I read that PPpoe does the opposite of this, is there a way to switch to this? There is absolutely no way to switch from DHCP? |
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Flizesh
Premium
join:2003-08-16
Staten Island, NY
clubs: | reply to deeguy1
Some people are having a difficult time switching from PPPoE to DHCP, I highly doubt Verizon will let you go backwards to PPPoE at this point. |
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deblin
Dark Side of the Moon
Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
Middletown, DE
| reply to deeguy1
Why do you need your IP to change so frequently? The only reason I can think of is to evade bans from web sites or game servers and so on that are tied to your IP address.
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cbrain
join:2000-05-21
Silver Spring, MD | reply to deeguy1
Your toying with me ... right? 
»Anyone sucessfully switched from PPPoE to DHCP? |
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Waldothe3rd
Premium
join:2009-02-16
Sun N Sand
 ·ViaTalk
| reply to deeguy1
My lease time appears to be set to a 24 hour period. If a different I/P is important to you, just turn off the box for 24+ hours. Impossible, I know. However, if you replace your box with a different router, you should receive a new address in ~45 minutes. This may help you. |
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birdfeedr
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
 ·Verizon FIOS
| said by Waldothe3rd  :My lease time appears to be set to a 24 hour period. .... .... However, if you replace your box with a different router, you should receive a new address in ~45 minutes. This may help you. FiOS WAN IP is on a 2 hour lease, attempts to renew after 1 hour.
If you power off for at least as long as the time remaining on the current lease, then the longer you wait before powering on again increases your chance of getting a new IP. Part of that equation is what kind of churn there is on the network that would increase the chance someone else would pick up your old address before you power back up.
If your old address is still available, you're likely to pick it back up. I have an IP address that's almost like a static IP. I lost it once doing some network changes. Kept the new IP address for a couple of days at least. Went back to making more network changes and picked up the old one again which I still have today.
I think the context was Actiontec was replaced by another router, so MAC address changed. Three days later, put the Actiontec back in as primary. Old MAC address picked up old IP address.
Go figure.  |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to deeguy1
Would manually releasing the IP, then changing your MAC address, then fetch an IP, give you a new IP? |
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sunny8294
Shqipe
join:2001-03-15
Localhost ;) | reply to deeguy1
You can call up/chat with VZ Fios tech. support and you can request them to break the IP lease. Once, its done, you will be assigned a new IP address. The entire process takes about 1 - 2 mins.
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
| said by sunny8294 :You can call up/chat with VZ Fios tech. support and you can request them to break the IP lease. Once, its done, you will be assigned a new IP address. The entire process takes about 1 - 2 mins. Just getting someone on the phone can take over 5 minutes. |
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Raphion
join:2000-10-14
Samsara | reply to deeguy1
Heh, it's one of those things... If you want it to change, it's not going to, if you don't want it to change, it will.  |
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sunny8294
Shqipe
join:2001-03-15
Localhost ;)
| reply to aaronwt
said by aaronwt :said by sunny8294 :You can call up/chat with VZ Fios tech. support and you can request them to break the IP lease. Once, its done, you will be assigned a new IP address. The entire process takes about 1 - 2 mins. Just getting someone on the phone can take over 5 minutes. OK maybe I should rephrase ...by entire process I meant having to get the lease broken after you get a hold of somebody on the phone and done all the verification. But I was surprised that VZ support picked up instantly whenever I called and they are all in the US.
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rockotman
...Blown On The Steel Breeze
Emerging Research
join:2000-08-06
DSotM
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to deeguy1
Not sure if it works with FIOS, but when I was with Comcast, I could pull a differenct IP by having the router clone different PC'S MAC addresses.
That being said, why is pulling the same address with FIOS a problem? With Comcast, there was actually some benefit with changing occassionally... In my area, there were two blocks of addresses from which you could pull an IP: 24.xxx.xxx.xxx and 67.xxx.xxx.xxx (IIRC). Sometimes, when there were problems with connectivity through an IP on 24, you could get remarkable improvement by getting an IP on 67. And sometimes it was vice versa.
I have not had similar connectivity issues with FIOS, so I haven't had occasion to try it.
Yet.
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