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Posted by Howi on 25/01/2017 08:56:05:

Your internet IP address is assigned to your router not your computer, with dynamic addressing you would need to reboot your router to get your ISP to reassign your IP address,

That's what is meant by "logging off" from your isp. (At least that's the easiest way to do it. For most routers you can actually log on to your router as admin and tell it to log off and then tell it to log on again without rebooting the router).

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Posted by Ady1 on 25/01/2017 10:18:51:

For BT users only business users are permitted a fixed ISP address
Fixed ISPs are not allowed on a home user package

I'm not really surprised, Ady. The "establishment" isps don't want you running anything on an asynchronous connection that might lead to a lot of outgoing data such as a website. Probably the same here (Canada) with Bell etc.(It's been so long since I dealt with them that I wouldn't know any more). Although there are ways to do it on a dynamic ip. Depending on the service speed it might not be worthwhile anyway.

The independent isps tend to take a more lenient view (assuming they're not "leaned on" by whoever owns the infrastructure they piggyback onto).

Bell has just run fibre right up to my house. I wonder if my (independent) isp can piggyback on that.

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Posted by Ady1 on 25/01/2017 00:29:53:

I also log out of my ISP periodically, and log back in.

This changes your internet address number and makes it harder for places like google to track you

Well, logging a router out and reconnecting might cause a new dynamic IP address to be issued. Or it might not. What happens depends on a wide range of unknowns.

Unfortunately, even if successful, changing IP address is low value. If the other end (ISP, or website) has planted a cookie on your machine, it's trivially easy to re-associate the cookie with your new address.

It works the other way round too: if you delete cookies (a good thing) then you can still be tracked by address until cookies are re-established. And cookies aren't the only tracking mechanism available.

Effective computer security is difficult to achieve and even harder to maintain. A false sense of security is always dangerous. It's wise to do some swotting and take reasonable precautions.

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