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New Dynamic IP Randomly Assigned
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 coupl...
> [...] I have got the R6230 Router [...]
Firmware version? Connected to what?
> [...] The starting of my Public IP Address was "72.", and it is now
> "98.", [...]
Another octet ("72.xx." and "98.yy.") might help (a little) to
interpret those numbers.
What led you to believe that a different public (WAN/Internet) IP
address was a problem?
> [...] I have stuck with the same IP for a long time, and now changes.
> [...]
The "D" in DHCP stands for "Dynamic". That address is determined by
your ISP.
> [...] Does anyone know how to know if anyone else is using the IP
> Address, [...]
The probability of your ISP giving out a bad address is, I'd
estimate, vanishingly small.
> [...] acting up and be exteremely slow. [...]
Not a very detailed description of anything.
Forget your IP address. Concentrate on actual symptoms. Why blame
the router, instead of, say, your (unspecified) modem?
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 V1.1.0.106_1.0.1 for my firmware version, seemingly the newest firmware.)
> [...] SB6183 [...]
Only a modem (not a modem+router), so it should be harmless, but
that's not a guarantee of trouble-freedom. What happens if you connect
a computer directly to the modem? Or, point a web browser at
192.168.100.1, and ask it how it's doing.> [...] 72.207, [...] 98.164. [...]
So, Cox and Cox? Not very suspicious, but if they changed something
on their end, many things are possible.> [...] I was getting very poor speeds, [...]
Wired or wireless?
> V1.1.0.106_1.0.1 [...]
Recent change?
> [...] 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,
> [...]Speculate less, test more?
Problems with Netgear router firmware are frequent enough, but there
are other possibilities.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.
> [...] I was reading online that it was not safe to change the IP that
> your router was connected on, [...]> [...] That address is determined by your ISP.
Still true.
> Forget your IP address. Concentrate on actual symptoms. [...]
Still my advice.
> [...] What happens if you connect a computer directly to the modem?
> Or, point a web browser at 192.168.100.1, and ask it how it's doing.Still wondering.