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Originally Posted by lolhippl So i got the 3 dongles that MM78 was selling. The thing is today i went to t mobile and i paid the activation cost etc for the 1.5gb plan. aka 35 dollars. When i got home today i was like hey let me try it so i conected the dongle to my computer and installed their program. I connected just fine to the internet and checked my ip. 208.54.37.248 THEN if i disconect and reconect i get ip address 208.54.37.248 BUT THERE IS MORE!!! i tried reinstalling the program and taking the dongle off the computer and WHAT???? YES you GUESSED IT the ip ADDRESS STAYED 208.54.37.248 XD.
is this usual? does this happen to other people? is there a way to change it?
yes i read the sugested threads and it didn't show anything to solve this. | Disconnecting a dongle and reconnecting after a few minutes would not make any difference. You get connected via a dongle using the nearest cellular/data tower. Since your mac address does not change and you are connected to the same tower again, YOU WILL DEFINITELY GET THE SAME IP.
If you had a laptop, take a drive just a mile away, and assuming, there is another tower, you will get a new IP address.
If you lived in a metropolitan area, getting different IPs from the same location is self-explanatory, because there are so many phones grabbing IP addresses.
If you have more than one dongle, you will always get a different IP on each dongle.
I hope this helps.
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