Got a new IP address>..... What should i do?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

My old modem went out on me so comcast had to assign me a new one which comes with a new IP. Could this potentially mess up some of my freebie accounts??? What should i do??

It shouldn't, I doubt they would assign you to someone else's IP address. Even if they did, the odds of it being from someone who has signed up at the same freebie sites as you are pretty slim.

I had a new IP address assigned to me when my computer crashed and did not have any problems. You should be OK.

You will be fine.

Thanks guys!!! I feel a little better now )

If you are still concerned, you can always open a support ticket right now and explain what happened in case it does match..

Your IP will change one day anyway, regardless, unless you have static IP. DHCP leases don't last forever. Some folks can keep the same IP for months at a time, others only days or weeks at a time. Mine changes about every 1-3 months, it used to be 2 weeks. Therefore no site can make a hard & fast rule about IP's changing, although they can tell if you're from the same area & ISP. The only thing that could cause a problem and be hard to straighten out, is if your new IP was previously assigned to someone else who completed the same site.

Wow good information, I did not know this. Thankyou

So everybody's IP address changes? Even if you do not move or get a new computer - is this how I am understanding it?
What if you decide to get a new computer at the same house - replacing the old one? Does this create a problem with the IP address issues?

[quoteb741038495="sandra habina"]Wow good information, I did not know this. Thankyou

So everybody's IP address changes? Even if you do not move or get a new computer - is this how I am understanding it?
What if you decide to get a new computer at the same house - replacing the old one? Does this create a problem with the IP address issues?[/quoteb741038495]

Nope

[quotec282b48acb="sandra habina"]Wow good information, I did not know this. Thankyou

So everybody's IP address changes? Even if you do not move or get a new computer - is this how I am understanding it?
What if you decide to get a new computer at the same house - replacing the old one? Does this create a problem with the IP address issues?[/quotec282b48acb]

Yes, unless you have a static IP assigned to you, your internet IP will eventually change. Whether it's due to DHCP lease expiration, service outage, modem power-off, etc. Each ISP has a pool of dynamic IP addresses that they issue as needed to their customers. In order to conserve addresses and not tie them up (given the relative shortage of IPv4 addresses worldwide these days) they implement lease times and inactive timeouts. Some ISP's will continually give you the same IP when your lease expires as long as your modem/router requests a lease renewal within a short time. If you turn off your DSL/cable modem for a weekend and your IP expires, you will probably have a new IP when you come back and turn it on because they put your old one back in the pool since you didn't renew it promptly.

Sometimes you'll get a new IP liimmediatelyli after cycling power on a modem, or after a few lease expirations with the same IP. It all just depends on the ISP and how they have their systems configured. There is no hard & fast rule that can apply to everybody. Some folks might go a year with the same IP, others might never go 2 weeks with the same IP.

Replacing a computer (or adding multiple new computers) should not affect your internet IP, assuming you had a hardware router between your PC and the modem. Hardware routers maintain the internet connection and IP address regardless of what PC's are connected on the local network. Now if you connect your modem directly to the PC in order to "dial out" (common with DSL modems that don't have router functionality built-in) then you may get a new IP every time you boot up and connect to the internet, since the PC itself is what manages the connection and IP address.

thank you verry much.

thank you verry much.good topic

If you are concerned, a static IP will probably only cost you $5.00 per month or so depending on the ISP. Since it changes for everybody eventually the freebie sites are on top of it.