Why my IP went from residential to business?

Histrovian
Aspirant
Jan 03, 2021
What’s spectrum gateway and how do I find it?

Im not using any wall or vpn.
Oh just an update, it seems like it is NOT the router that is giving me business classification. I plugged my pc directly to the modem this time and it says “spectrum business?”
It didn’t the first time. I also called my isp and they said it was residential. Very puzzling!
- michaelkenward
  Guru - Experienced User
  Jan 04, 2021
  Histrovian wrote:
  What’s spectrum gateway and how do I find it?
  
  Usually the modem box that connects you to the outside world.
  
  Your problem seems to be with Spectrum.
- plemans
  Guru - Experienced User
  Jan 04, 2021
  did you try a different dns?
  - antinode
    Guru
    Jan 04, 2021
    > [...] according to them, my IP is identified as business. [...]
    
       I'd start by asking how, exactly, "they" determined that. To me,
    this whole question sounds bogus. So far as I know, the Internet is not
    divided between "residential" and non-"residential". Where does one go
    to see the residentiality of the IP address one has?
    
       And then, why do "they" care?
    
    > [...] When I dierectly connect my modem to my Pc and run a speed test
    > or any sort of test to see if that's the case, it says residential.
    > But when I connect from my modem to my router(netgear nighthawkac2400)
    > and then to my pc and run the test again, it says business.
    
       "it"?
    
       What are the IP addresses being tested in both these cases?
    
    > did you try a different dns?
    
       How, exactly, would _any_ DNS-related information affect how some
    (unspecified) entity might view some (unspecified) IP address or other
    as "residential" or not (whatever that might actually mean)?

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Why my IP went from residential to business?