Comments on: What’s Better: Dynamic or Static IP Address?

By: brad

brad — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:41:25 +0000

David
Actually home users can be impacted. if you have a device (camera, security panel, remote access home automatio, etc) the device may lose its conenctivity when the ip address is reallocated.
Brad

By: Rohan

Rohan — Sat, 23 May 2009 06:56:45 +0000

frnds i wanna use torrent client like bittorrent and i use BSNL’s Wireless service but problem is thi dat speed is extra slow as llike 3~5 KBps.

also i wanna to know that is dat anything ehich means a IP can be sharebable as for ex Is it possible dat BSNL client here opt an IP and let there customers to use internet on that single IP

can more than 1 pc or person be conneced to internet with a same IP to connect internet

and every time i visit rapid share or demonoid it says u reached ur limit. but i do not even ever dwnload a torrent or file from daat site

help me guys

and do tell me how can i use torrent best

By: manish

manish — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:29:44 +0000

hello guys
what if i want to access a computer connected in LAN through Internet having ISP ip 117.223.85.155 and LAN add 192.168.1.129 port no 2055.

By: roccoco

roccoco — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:33:28 +0000

you freaks! of course a static ip leaves you vulnerable to hitchhiker moles that can watch all your traffic with the proper script bots! (best start encrypting those emails!)

By: Destinova

Destinova — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:40:01 +0000

:) thnx xdmv….

Ummm does it work at client side…like client trying to get more download rate than it was assigned. Well, if it is possible; then how could it be done? and also how to avoid such client’s behavior.can anyone suggest me curbing techniques?

By: xdmv

xdmv — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:59:32 +0000

> Destinova…
To increase the speed you can implement a Proxy Server & Web Cache (Squid, etc.).
To control the speed (upload/download) of any client you can manage that with Traffic Shaping technique (via software || hardware).
Just like any ISP do…
Hope this help.
Regards!

By: Destinova

Destinova — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:37:06 +0000

Can someone tell me how to increase the speed of my Internet, I’m using LAN based Internet with static IP, I just wanted to know whether there is any s/w that finds the download rate of any client on my LAN. So that i can use that system’s IP n all stuff to improve my download rate. If there is no such kind of software can anyone tell me the alternate procedure to increase my Internet speed…

By: Shawn McCollum

Shawn McCollum — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:45:01 +0000

I think some of you are confusing NAT and Dynamic IP’s. Dynamic IP’s are no different then Static IP’s, both loose some usefulness if they are not internet routable by either being NAT’d or behind a firewall. Dynamic IP’s once given are logged by the mac address and the time given. Don’t be fooled that changing your ip address is somehow going to shield you from being found. It might provide a speed bump. How do you think the RIAA gets peoples names? They get a judge to approve an ISP to translate an ip address at a certain time to the owner of the connection. Also think about Comcast’s bandwidth caps, How could they do that unless they could track your usage directly to your home address. Unless you route your traffic through one of more relays or use a throw away wifi card at a public access point, you can be found.

By: xdmv

xdmv — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:51:57 +0000

On internal LANs every computer and device (printers, cameras, storage, bckps, etc.) has an static IP, but it is assigned dinamically.
That way helps me a lot managing entire LAN just from one server.
Hope my experience helps.

By: Thinker

Thinker — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:21:32 +0000

Since I’m web-based game administrator I hate dynamic IP, because it makes people feel unpublishable :| I ban their IP, and they’re back in 5mins with new IP :(

By: kevyn

kevyn — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:58:52 +0000

I have a dynamic address at home, which is fine because I just use no-ip to connect to my computers, and I have a terastation which basically acts as FTP server.

By: Pavan Kumar

Pavan Kumar — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:20:47 +0000

For me its DYNAMIC: As I can really play on the internet… ;-)

Static is not at all useful for we guys and I guess only hosts and corporates will need that.

By: random person

random person — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:00:20 +0000

I read your site often as I find it very interesting and have often used your solutions. Thanks.

So on the note of Dynamic or Static. I would be willing to agree with one user who said it increases your privacy. If you have a static IP you are easily pinpointable, however this is a minute increase as most ISPs tend to (or are even required to) keep logs.

If you do not run any servers static is useless. Someone mentioned that it was good for gaming and bittorrent but that is completely wrong there is nothing one there at all, except for the idea of a server. Which many of your savvy readers have noted there are plenty of dynamic IP sites that offer a DNS solution for your dynamic IP (Which is not going to be as dynamic as you would think. You may end up with the same IP for up to a month depending on your ISP).

The person who is complaining about having to run another program for dynamic dns needs to get a WRT54G router or anything that can run dd-wrt that is built right into the software (and even non custom firmware for routers).

Basically through free services and some of the other solutions outlined above a dynamic IP address gains you almost nothing. Unless you want to run a .com type of site (Which a lot of ISPs will not allow regardless if you have a static or not unless you pay more) and don’t want to always have to wait for the DNS to propagate and update (TTL is typically an hour or so).

Hope that helps.

By: exglade

exglade — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:49:54 +0000

Dynamic IP is less vulnerable :D that’s what I think because nobody can guess your IP.

By: Genisis

Genisis — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:41:14 +0000

Mine is dynamic with a very long TTL assigned to it. My IP only renews it about every 4 to 6 months. I run a web server and mail server and use GoDaddy forwarding.

By: jahhernandez

jahhernandez — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:42:05 +0000

I really prefer having Static IP because I can connect directly from anywhere without having to install another program like no-ip to do the connexion mapping.
But Really for the most simple users the Dynamic is better and cheaper for the ISPs too

By: Diablo1123

Diablo1123 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:28:10 +0000

I like dynamic better because of being able to change the IP by reconnecting to the internet.

If you’re going to host a server or something, do what I do, and get something like no-ip.org.

Easier to remember then a static IP too.

By: unruled

unruled — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:15:13 +0000

I’ve had ISP’s which gave ‘dynamic’ IP’s, however it generally only changed about once once per 1.5 years…

in other words, not a problem at all.

The same is valid for my last ISP’s. My IP doesn’t really change more than once per year, which is fine with me.

By: rajesh

rajesh — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:05:06 +0000

(1)i use dhcp ip addressing,the main disadvatage they are usually private ip’s,which makes difficult to download from rapidshare where many use similar private ips under a single public ip.

(2)Recent attacks of militants in india,where they enter the wireless router which are under dhcp server,get ips without any logins creating illegal mails.

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:25:15 +0000

My ISP has slightly flakey DHCP servers. Perhaps once every couple of months, they just stop responding over a period of a few hours.

Hence, for my ISP, my static IPs avoid one potential potential failure point.