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Maybe the simplest solution for you would be a usb dongle.

BTW, If Comcast says a reset of the modem will take an hour to obtain a new IP, why do you expect 20 mins into it a new IP will be obtained?

I don't expect it in 20 minutes, lol...I was noting the time....noting that I don't know if it works yet; but none the less....having to call comcast each time and wait and hour is not a realistic way to change my IP moving forward.

I tried aol dial up. That too didn't work.

So now I will try this tether thing. I will contact ATT to see about the plans for that.

Something has to work....I just need to keep reading and asking questions and eventually it will get all figured out. Thanks to all who have helped in a kind supportive way! :-)

iphone app that checks all past ip addresses
 

I've been trying to refind this info for the last 2 hours....so I will just go ahead and put the question out there.

I read somewhere earlier today an iphone app that changes the ip address of the iphone and logs it, so you could automatically see if the ip had been used before. It was not ipview although I learned of that app today as well...this was a different one. It was $1.99 and wish I had just bought it when I searched it because now I can not remember the name, nor can I remember where on these boards I read it.

If you know the name of this iphone app, please let me know.

Thanks so much. :-)s

I am now set up to tether! yay! Now I just want to find the name of that app that I read some where changes your IP and tracks all past IPs for you.

If you are set up for tethering, you may be able to use this file instead of paying fees.

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/multipl...-stealths.html

I FOUND IT! ipmanager is the name of the app. I finally feel after all this time that I am getting somewhere. I'm just about ready to open my first stealth account!

Thanks all for your help!

Make sure you have your info all logged.

Take your time.

Good Luck

:peace:

btw anonymous, in true comcast form, I was able to rely on them 0% as usual. After 24 hours of them "resetting" my modem, my ip address still has not changed. 20 minutes or 24 hours...comcast is unrelyable in all aspects of their service. We just hate them....they have has locked in though....a million year contract so it feels....

I am glad you found a way to acquire new IP's.

And others in this post have referred you to ways of tracking them.

Tracking IP's is one of the basic foundations of going stealth, if it take a couple of extra seconds at a time to protect your accounts, then it is well worth it.

Good Luck

Amysol,

Is this the one you mean ?

https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/ip-m...317849724?mt=8

Can you let us know how you get on with it and if it works well for stealth ?

Thanks

I feel your pain; I also have Comcast and detest them. I only stay with them because they are the only high speed ISP in my town - I do get great bandwidth w/ them, its just their Customer Service is terrible. I don't have FiOS like my friends who are in neighboring towns, so I don't have the option to switch - they have our town on lockdown also if you want high speed Internet service. And I'm not going to downgrade to DSL - it would hurt all the torrenting I do :p

Glad to hear you got the tethering issue straightened out. Hopefully your IP issues are behind you. Just ensure you are tracking your IP address religiously...this means making an IP tracking website as your homepage (like ipburger or ipchicken). Keep a log of your IP addresses to ensure it is not being reused.

Thanks all! yes, I downloaded ipmanager and although it does tell me the current ip, as well as the history, it doesn't appear to inform me if an ip repeats itself as some users have indicated that it does. So excel spread sheet here I come! Not that I would want to base my entire stealth business on an app anyway...I think we all learned with ebay never ever ever to put all your faith in one company!

Make sure you keep a back up of all your documents in hard copy and in cloud. Another option is to email yourself all your documents.

Back ups are very important*

Would hope your back ups are important and not impotent :mod:

Ha, well at least someone knows what I meant even if I did not

You would be lost if the backups flunked.

:rip:

I plan to keep this file on my drop box and back up to my external hard drive! :-)

I thought I was finally getting somewhere. I was thrilled after 2 months of having been suspended due to the item I sold, I was finally going to get back on.

Nothing resets my modem/router combo box, not even a reset straight from the isp. So I went the tether route. I added a $20 a month charge to my plan in order to tether, figured out how to do it, created a spread sheet on excel to track all ips....created a new user name on pc...and i'm ready. I switch to the new user. I go to my networks to try and log in with my iphone and guess what....my lap top doesn't pick up my cell phone hot spot.

I mean really? This can happen? I don't understand. After all the dead ends I've hit in the last two months...here I am again...starting from scratch. My go damn lap top doesn't recognize my cell phone hot spot.

I feel sad, and defeated.

Now what?

You need to provide more details regarding the connection (as opposed to the background). Without knowing any details I would make these guesses as to your problem...

• Wifi Enabled?

Can your laptop connect to any wifi networks?

• Security settings match?

On your phone, check your hotspot security settings to ensure they match to your laptop. Is it set to WPA/WPA2 but your laptop is set to check for WEP?

• Device's Name?

Make sure your phone's name doesn't contain apostrophes or dashes or a hyphen. Some networks don't read certain characters, which would make your phone unreadable.

• Allowed devices?

On your phone, are you certain you activated the mobile hotspot and allowed devices to connect to your hotspot?