Virgin Media Broadband routers IP address changes

[SimpleX]

Originally Posted by turboman

confirmation of non working super hub swap out

brought a former super hub with me when i moved from old flat to my house

dug out the hub and tried it today and connection excellent but no internet access

Thanks for the update...

[Stigger]

Some providers can/will set a new hub up at there end if you call them and tell them the one they supplied has gone down.

[plimsole]

Originally Posted by plimsole

Ty Dave. Looking at super hub postings there are people saying that when you go into modem only mode you can clone your mac address to the super hub so what your saying is different. I use a dongle now but still want the facillity of getting a new IP on virmin.
The super hub is being delivered on Tuesday so I may just continue to use the current modem and my DLink dir-615 router. The boss is very miuch against me changing from virmin because when we had new plastic sofficts and gutters the old BT line was removed and she is very reluctant to replace it with another BT line. I use a giffgaff dongle now and its fine.
Hence my questions about the superhub.

Dave .. do you know if I can clone a mac address when in modem only mode ?

The Super Hub arrived today
1) I set it up in Modem/Router mode and it found gave me a Fresh IP address (88.12.43.123 yes its a false address for this example ). I was unable to change clone a mac address in Modem/Router mode.

2) using the same network card with same mac address i changed to Modem only mode. It gave me a new IP address. (82.27.74.139 yes its a false address for this example )

3) I then used a different mac address rebboted allin modem only mode and it gave me a new Ip address. (80.74.213.552 yes its a false address for this example )

4) i changed back to Modem/Router different network card (with new different mac address) Back came the that i got in 1) above. no matter which network card or mac address I changed i still kept getting Ip address from 1) (88.12.43.123 yes its a false address for this example )

5) going back to Modem only mode I made . Ip change number 4 and then connected a Dlink wireless router (dir 615 from virgin) as wifi. (88.123.77.42 yes its a false address for this example).

So now I'm in the same position as i was when i used old virgin modem and their wireless router, except i now get 30 download speed instead of up to 10 for £3.61 cheaper on my Virmin package.

I'm happy and the boss like the drop in costs and still no over head wires to our home. I hope this helps

[ctufc]

Go with orange you can login and change the IP address of the router and have a reserved IP address per user account.

Al I do is have different user accounts with a text file of the last 3 digits of the IP address per user account when I login to that specific account I remember to login to the router change the IP reset the router and continue.

Really simple to do yea its a pain resetting the router each time i switch user accounts but works well!

[turboman]

24th has come and gone... no new ip if a reset has taken place

[diamonda]

^^ hmm, interesting, not sure if this is related or not, but the time-frame seems coincindental so here it is: have xx number of IP log entries for legit ebay acct, and likewise xx number of IP log entries for stealth acct. Today was the first time ever, after re-setting router, that the SAME IP- one that had previously been used for stealth a few days prior- showed up when re-set router to use original acct.

[northernlad]

I can update you on the IP address issue - the servers updated on 24th July.... and I never got a new IP addy - it remained the same.
I am now using expatshield before I do any surfing. it gives me a new IP addy each time.
Ive also decided to go ahead and get a dongle and shove in a cheap giffgaff (oh how I wish they would change that name, as much as I wish the Archbishop of Canterbury would trim his beard and eyebrows)..... SIM and use that - found its much easier than messing about and becoming a Puter Geek.
Cheers.

[mahatma]

Originally Posted by northernlad

Which dongle and provider is it please??

three [3] works fine, can find 3 months 3gb for around a tenner on the net, ie amazon. along with a 20 quid zte 26mb/s dongle