IP Technical question

[Ian Batten]

On 27 Jan 09, at 1652, Paul Vigay wrote:

> In article <apQU8oANHyfJFAXB@perry.co.uk>,
>   Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:
>
>> I have experienced the same, but you'll have kept the old IP address
>> from the old account, so the "accountholder" is still "you", even if
>> you've moved house and there's a small risk of someone knocking  
>> down the
>> wrong front door at 5am.
>
> No you won't have kept the same IP address. The IP address is  
> generally
> dymanically created when your router logs in. Thus, sometimes even  
> just
> power-cycling the router on the same circuit can re-login with a new  
> IP
> address.

Depends if you've paid to have a static IP number or not, though.  I  
have.  Anyone using demon's traditional offerings has.  A lot of shops  
offer one (or indeed a /29) to anyone who asks, or charge a fairly  
nominal sum.

ian