Originally posted by shkuey


That really depends on the duration of the lease, I've got a dynamically assigned IP address to my cable modem, however it has not changed in 3-4 months. The lease is 10 days, so as long as I turn on the computer once every 10 days(moot point since I only ever turn it off maybe once every 10 days) i'll never loose that IP address. Unless, of course, my ISP goes down again for two weeks as it did 3-4 months ago...(Road Runner sucks, FYI)

That's a valid point. Perhaps I should have clarified...I was thinking of a dynamic IP in terms of a dial-up account.