Red Shirt Volunteer 0 Posted November 4, 2003 As some of you may know, a lot of ADSL ISPs give you a dynamic IP, meaning that it changes every time you connect to the Internet. Some people pay for a static IP. There are reasons why you would want one of each, but that's not important here. Using Windows (at least on XP), you can force a static IP and decide which address you want to use. Sometimes I want a specific IP. My questions to anyone who knows about this are as follows: 1. How are dynamic IPs generated? My guess is they come from a blocked list of IPs assigned to particular ISPs. 2. If I designate an IP using my OS, am I taking someone else's and causing them problems? I'm assuming no because it's random. Sometimes someone else is using that IP, so I can't connect, in which case I always fall back on the dynamic selection. 3. Is it legal to designate your own IP using your OS? I don't know about this. Thanks for any help you can offer, Red Shirt Volunteer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites