New Dynamic IP Randomly Assigned

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Hello! I have been have some network issues. I have got the R6230 Router from Netgear, and it has been working flawlessly, and when I went to log on 3 days ago, it got very slow, so I gave it a couple days and it was still acting up and be exteremely slow. So I decided to check my router panel to see if anything was changed or something causing me to slow dowm, and I saw that my IP Address was randomly changed. The starting of my Public IP Address was "72.", and it is now "98.", does anyone know how to help? I have been dealing with this and I have virtual leanring that I have, and cannont attend because my speeds are becoming very slow. I have stuck with the same IP for a long time, and now changes. Does anyone know how to know if anyone else is using the IP Address, so that I know that it is still avaliabe for me to forward my router to the IP, and if you know how, please help!

antinode · Answer

&gt; [...] I have got the R6230 Router [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Firmware version?&nbsp; Connected to what?&nbsp;&gt; [...] The starting of my Public IP Address was "72.", and it is now&gt; "98.", [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another octet ("72.xx." and "98.yy.") might help (a little) tointerpret those numbers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What led you to believe that a different public (WAN/Internet) IPaddress was a problem?&nbsp;&gt; [...] I have stuck with the same IP for a long time, and now changes.&gt; [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The "D" in DHCP stands for "Dynamic".&nbsp; That address is determined byyour ISP.&nbsp;&gt; [...] Does anyone know how to know if anyone else is using the IP&gt; Address, [...]&nbsp;&nbsp; The probability of your ISP giving out a bad address is, I'destimate, vanishingly small.&nbsp;&gt; [...] acting up and be exteremely slow. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not a very detailed description of anything.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Forget your IP address.&nbsp; Concentrate on actual symptoms.&nbsp; Why blamethe router, instead of, say, your (unspecified) modem?

jaroldk34 · Answer

Sorry for not specifying my modem! I have the Touchstone SB6183, connected to my R6230 Router. My specified IP's, my old IP started off with 72.207, and now my new IP starts off with 98.164. I blamed the IP because before I was transfered to the new IP, I was sat on channel 1, seemingly the best channel for my area, and when I was changed, I was getting very poor speeds, going as low as 5 mbps download, with 0.2 upload. Also, I tried all of the channels for the new 2.4gHz IP, and they all perform the same, but with channel 11 showing a little better performance in speeds. Only reason why I would go for the router, and not the modem is because the router will sometimes, but rarely, just stop connecting to internet, so I thought it would be a similar problem with the router, just very low speeds. (I am on&nbsp;V1.1.0.106_1.0.1 for my firmware version, seemingly the newest firmware.)

antinode · Answer

&gt; [...] SB6183 [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Only a modem (not a modem+router), so it should be harmless, butthat's not a guarantee of trouble-freedom.&nbsp; What happens if you connecta computer directly to the modem?&nbsp; Or, point a web browser at192.168.100.1, and ask it how it's doing.&nbsp;&gt; [...] 72.207, [...] 98.164. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So, Cox and Cox?&nbsp; Not very suspicious, but if they changed somethingon their end, many things are possible.&nbsp;&gt; [...] I was getting very poor speeds, [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wired or wireless?&nbsp;&gt; V1.1.0.106_1.0.1 [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recent change?&gt; [...] Only reason why I would go for the router, and not the modem is&gt; because the router will sometimes, but rarely, just stop connecting to&gt; internet, so I thought it would be a similar problem with the router,&gt; [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Speculate less, test more?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Problems with Netgear router firmware are frequent enough, but thereare other possibilities.

jaroldk34 · Answer

On my end, comeplete apoligies if I wasnt being clear enough. I have a Modem+Router, modem is a Touchstone SB6183 and a R6230 Netgear Router. Yes, I am with Cox Communications, and I have had problems with them in the past, but not very recently at all. I was getting those speeds on a wireless connection, I have a ethernet cable, so I connected it to my laptop, and when I went to test, I was only get 23.04 mbps download, and 0.9 mbps upload, with a 21 ping, my regular speeds that I am paying for are 50-60 mbps download, at 2-3 mbps upload, and this started around Monday this week. No recent change, last I updated it was 7 months ago when I recieved it from Cox, and I havent had to firmware update it at all. I do not want to test my old IP cause I have it memorized, I was reading online that it was not safe to change the IP that your router was connected on, and when I did go forward with my old IP, my laptop was unable to connect to the internet, so I just went back to the normal Dynamic IP gave by my ISP, aka Cox Communications.

antinode · Answer

&gt; [...] I was reading online that it was not safe to change the IP that&gt; your router was connected on, [...]&nbsp;&gt; [...] That address is determined by your ISP.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Still true.&nbsp;&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp; Forget your IP address.&nbsp; Concentrate on actual symptoms. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Still my advice.&nbsp;&gt; [...] What happens if you connect a computer directly to the modem?&gt; Or, point a web browser at 192.168.100.1, and ask it how it's doing.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Still wondering.

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