View Full Version : NTL changed my ip address overnight, now everything is slowwwww
DieDieMyDarling
30-04-2004, 07:44
I always leave my computer connected overnight to download various things, and this morning when i woke up, i had a zonealarm window stating it had found a new network, and i wasn't connected to the internet. The new address is totally different, rather than the usual 62.?.?.? it was 192.?.?.? - which i didn't even know ntl had.
But worse than that, now my browsing is sooooooooo slowwwwwwww. I've tried putting in manual proxies but it's just as bad everywhere, not just my cache (cache1-blfs.server.ntli.net).
I'd been having some problems since early yesterday, where my IRC connection kept pinging out.
What is the second digit in the ip address if it is 168 then this is a reserved ip addresss for local networks IE 192.168.*.*
poolking
30-04-2004, 08:34
Yours sounds like an IP assigned from a hub/router. Do you have a home network?
The new address is totally different, rather than the usual 62.?.?.? it was 192.?.?.? - which i didn't even know ntl had.
NTL don't have any blocks in the 192.x.x.x range, so as above, it sounds like a 192.168.x.x address being assigned by a local router on your home set-up.
What does this page (http://romulas.zmnt.co.uk/forum/vars.asp) show you ?
Stuartbe
30-04-2004, 09:32
Try shutting down zone alarm and doing this.
Click on start then run and in the little box type command.com and then press enter.
In the black box that appears type " ipconfig /release "
Wait 30 seconds and then type " ipconfig /renew "
After a few seconds you should get a new address given to you.
This procedure asumes that the cable modem is connected directly to the computer, there is no router in use and you are running 2k or xp..
HTH
DieDieMyDarling
30-04-2004, 12:26
It seems to have sorted out now. It was the local thing, 192.168.?.?
But i'm not on a home network, i have a single pc, dunno how it happened.
The browsing has sorted itself out now, other people i knew were having real trouble too, in all geographical area's, maybe they were 'upgrading' or something.
Very possible you were kicked off during a through-the-night upgrade.
192.168 is reserved for internal addresses. You wont have gotten that address from ntl. More likely your pc or the DHCP server somehow got hold of that address when your WAN ip was unavailable.
It seems to have sorted out now. It was the local thing, 192.168.?.?
But i'm not on a home network, i have a single pc, dunno how it happened.
The browsing has sorted itself out now, other people i knew were having real trouble too, in all geographical area's, maybe they were 'upgrading' or something.
If you have an ambit modem (ntl 100/200) and it loses its network connection, then you pc will get ip address of either 192.168.100.3 or 192.168.100.10
your connection must have dropped, hence the ip address. ;)
Richard M
30-04-2004, 13:17
Very possible you were kicked off during a through-the-night upgrade.
Yep, that's happened to me before during the UBR upgrades a year or so ago.
Graham M
30-04-2004, 15:30
If you have an ambit modem (ntl 100/200) and it loses its network connection, then you pc will get ip address of either 192.168.100.3 or 192.168.100.10
your connection must have dropped, hence the ip address. ;)
If you have a second network interface with ICS turned on that gets a 192.168.x.x IP.
If you have a second network interface with ICS turned on that gets a 192.168.x.x IP.
yes it will do, this type of ip address is a private ip address, it is reserved for connections on a private network. If you use a router, you may well see 182.168.x.x ip addresses, or 10.0.x.x. And ICS will also show similar addresses because it is creating a private network (if only between two computers.)
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I think the overnight maintenance-ambit assigning a 192.168 IP theory is the one to go for here. NTL have 194.168, but this is generally used for servers, I'm not aware of any subnets in it being for CM customers.
DieDieMyDarling
30-04-2004, 18:04
Yeah, it was 192.168.100.0. So probably the modem and my PC reaching out for a connection.
The connection has been dropping all over the place today though, no doubt if they 'upgraded' over night, in true NTL fashion they've spent most of today correcting the mistakes. :erm:
Can people find out who you are from your IP address? :scratch:
People in ntl can find out who you are. People outside ntl can find a few things, like your general geographical area, but not actually who you are, at least not without an extra source of information.
People in ntl can find out who you are. People outside ntl can find a few things, like your general geographical area, but not actually who you are, at least not without an extra source of information.
I would have thought that only a very limited number of technical people within NTL would be able to tie an IP address to a physical address. I can't see how anyone else would.
Florence
01-05-2004, 12:44
*cough* it depends on the department and how high up the ladder they are but its possible.. I know I can get my modem rebooted by asking 1 person of these forums regardless of if they are in work or at home...
*cough* no names its need to know and that is the same with many who work for NTL. WE all use assumed names here so noone knows exactly who they are replying to on the boards. What position they hold with NTL unless they have informed everyone.
Okay from my IP address, where do I live?
Florence
01-05-2004, 21:47
Okay from my IP address, where do I live?
Go into NTL chatroom and BBKing will answer your question. :)
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