ip address changing

[DAVIDLOPANG]

just a quick question.why does my ip address keep changing every few days.is this normal?thanks

[Ecomatrix]

what do you mean... your ISP Ip address or your IP adress for your shoutcast server

[DAVIDLOPANG]

i go to whats my ip.org and it keeps showing up different.i believe its the ip address of my shoutcast server.

[Sidney]

do you visit whatsmyip.org via your server or do you just use your browser on your private machine? for me it sounds that it is your ISP-IP and has nothing to do with your server.

if you rent your server host at a big commercial hoster it will never change its IP. if you host your server at home you always have a different IP when you don't have a permanent connection .oO(and which private person has something like this?)

[DAVIDLOPANG]

thanks for your help sidney. didnt understand the last question though.

[Sidney]

Originally posted by DAVIDLOPANG
didnt understand the last question though.

wanted to express which private user has a permanent high speed internet connection which allows to run a stream server with a quite good sound quality and enough band width for enough users? ^^

[SLR]

DavidLopang,

The IP address you are referring to is the IP address of your own computer (i.e. via your home internet connection).

Most 'domestic' internet service packages utilise what is referred to as a 'dynamic IP address'. Every time you connect to your internet - your computer is allocated an IP address from a range of addresses. I presume this is what you are talking about.

[DAVIDLOPANG]

thats what i was trying to express slr.from what youve said i gather it is normal for this to change.

[SLR]

yes - perfectly normal.

[Nick@ss]

use something like www.no-ip.com or www.dyndns.com to create a dynamic dns name.

run the software that monitors your ip changes and it will point automatically to the dns name.

[DAVIDLOPANG]

thanks guys