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rasen66
Feb 09, 2023Follower
Orbi RBR750 changes my public IP address
I live in Alabama. When connected to my modem directly, I get a public IP address that is out of Atlanta and my location on a site like speedtest.net shows servers local to me. When I connect to my O...
plemans
Feb 09, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Your ISP is the one that assigns the public ip address. Not the modem/router.
You could try using a different dns and see if that'd help. (not sure if it would at all)
Here's a few for ipv4. Also remember to change the ipv6 dns server if ipv6 is enabled
CloudFlare 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1
GoogleDNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4