Broadband forum: I think I need to get a second ISP in my home - help?

But it isn't nearly as fast as Comcast for my gaming.

However I appreciate knowing that is an option.

Why is it impossible to change a Comcast IP? When we had DSL years ago, all you had to do was to turn the DSL box off for a minute and you'd have a new IP when you turned it back on.

I'd really love to keep the Comcast speed if I could.

That's a good question for their Customer Service, why they can't change it. There might be a technical reason or they just don't do it. I'm rather sure that if you cancel the subscription, wait a month and start a new one you'll get another IP-address. All they have to do: cancel it for 1 minute in stead of 1 month and you're done.

And, just a side note, my ADSL IP-address is fixed. If I turn the modem off and on it stays the same.

Kees

I think I have gone as far as I can with Comcast, and if I mention it to Dad once more he will lose it.

Do you know if an Internet game, or any website for that matter "sees" the Comcast IP or do they Msee" the wireless router IP? Or are the Comcast IP and wireless router IP the same? (We have no home network).

Is getting a new wireless router the same as getting a new IP, as far as being able to get back onto my game? Sorry I am a bit clueless about this all.

http://whatismyipaddress.com/ tells the IP-address anybody on the 'other' side of the modem (that includes that game site) sees. That's the address Comcast gave you. It has nothing to do with the 192.168-address used inside your home.

Kees

You most likely could pay comcast to allow you to put a second modem on the same physical cable. They generally charge a little less for the second one since you are sharing the same bandwidth.

In most cases all it takes to get different IP is a different cable modem. If you would buy a new modem and tell them the other one broke it is likely you get a different IP.

Ahtol, I did do something, knowingly, against TOS. It wasn't a malicious thing but I knew it wasn't allowed when I did it. I wrote an apology but they wouldn't lift the ban. I have spent many years and a fair amount of money on this game... but most importantly I play it with my friends.

However, they did not cancel my characters/accounts. I can still get onto my game from the library and friends' homes.

I never heard of a service ban to the house before. So I guess I need to see if that was my punishment. If it was, you saved me a lot of time, money and hassle of getting a second ISP.

I mean the ISP you have now. A new ISP should give you a new start. But I have to tell you...MOST dsl services are no speed demon.