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Is there any downside to a static IP?

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  • 07-02-2007 2:05pm
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    christophicus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭


    As the title says, is tehre any downside in giving your pc a static ip/ is there any reason why you wouldnt?


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    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Not really, unless you intend on getting IP-banned from certain websites :)

    The advantages of having it for whatever you want to do will probably outweigh such things.


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    Paddyo
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭Paddyo


    No disadvantage unless you had a portable and wanted to connect it to different networks.

    in some cases you need to give Pcs a static IP - where other devices need to connect to them and the ip address need to be constant.

    The IP which would be banned would not be you PCs internal address. It would be the IP assigned by the ISP.

    Paddyo


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    tba
    Registered Users Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    Sometimes certain sites only let you download a set amount from an individual IP per day.


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    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    sdonn_1 wrote:
    Not really, unless you intend on getting IP-banned from certain websites :)

    Or your leaving the service and you get yourself Ip banned from a number of websites to piss off the next person.


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    JohnnieM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 716 ✭✭✭JohnnieM


    As Paddy O says thet wouldnt be an internal ip address... how many millions of pc's would that cover..It would be the Ip assigned when you connect Via your isp


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