Bt Homehub

chrissinclair67 · #1 03-30-2008, 10:13 PM

I'm getting a BT Homehub in the coming week or so and wondered if replacing my old router (a Voyager 2091) with the new hub will give me a new IP address.

I've had a spot of bother (via my 7 year old son, not his fault) with an over officious and bullying admin on a games server who decided to ban my son and hence myself and I'm presuming he's carried out the ban from my/our IP address. I'm a novice so any help and advice would be greatly appreciated....

Disk_Contented · #2 03-31-2008, 03:34 PM

I would expect the IP to change with the new hardware.
It should be possible to get around this by just power cycling your existing router, since ADSL is usually dynamic IP. That means the IP changes every time you power down and back on.

It is foolish to ban dynamic IPs. The next person who is allocated that IP will also be banned. Locks out innocent users, and as I just explained, it will achieve nothing.

davedarkstar · #3 04-01-2008, 08:19 AM

hi,was just reading the above and wondered what power recycling is and how do you do it, dont have a problem myself, have a bt homehub, its just a learning thing,thanks..... dave.

Disk_Contented · #4 04-01-2008, 09:44 AM

You remove power, wait 30 seconds, then plug back in.

davedarkstar · #5 04-01-2008, 10:01 AM

yo,thanks man,just spent some time googlein it,should have done that in the first place eh,thanks again n have a goo day.