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> In a typical DHCP pool if you keep renewing before your lease expires 
> then
> you'll keep getting the same address. Since DOCISS type connections use 
> DHCP
> this is probably why you observe an infrequently changing address.

That makes sense. I kinda figured they were still using DHCP so not 
technically static, but I'm pretty confident that if I never changed my 
hardware (or MAC) my IP would never change.

> If the ISP reboots _their_ router, and leases are not kept on non 
> volatile
> storage then you'll get another random address.

I would assume they'd have load balancer and failover redundancy to the 
point where DHCP data would be quite non-volatile but I could be 
wrong....my ISP has displayed ineptitude of that magnitude lol. But most 
worth their salt should have quite a bit of redundancy.

> Some DHCP servers hash your
> MAC instead of sequential or random assignment too.

That must be what's happening with my ISP. Mac change = IP change. I 
think that scheme is fairly common as I've seen it with a different ISP.


> With the cheap option ADSL service at my house, not only to i get 
> different
> addresses, but also different IP blocks with different registered geo 
> locations.

nice :)

> I bet there is also another level of logging that probably maps IDs we 
> can't
> even see from the customer side :) deep in the DSLAM side of things,
> especially on newer equipment.

sounds like good stuff to keep me up at night ;)


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