How long will each IP address last for ADSL?

[snow patrol]

It's my understanding that the home USB adsl will have a dynamic IP address.

Now presumabley if you're hosting a game, when your IP changes the people on your server will be disconnected. So...anyone know how long one is allocated with a specific IP address before it's changed? I heard someone say it was 6 hours - which would be fine really - but has anyone heard anything else?

Thanks.

[Muf]

I've played a lot of games while hosting or while a friend who has adsl has hosted and never had a problem with either of us disconnecting through the ip changing..but then again we've never played for more than a couple of hours at a time.

your ip will change everytime you connect. Although it says your constantly connected obviously if you shut down you have to login again its just that it connects within a couple of seconds rather than actually dialling.

Also although it says you can be connected 24/7, it says in the customer care pack that if you leave your connection totally inactive for more than two hours your connection will time out.

It also says web/ftp/gaming hosting servers are not supported

and the USB modem will not work with Windows 2000

phew thats enuf reading for one day!

[snow patrol]

Cheers Muf

[Gerbil USA]

You can try using http://www.dynip.com to assign yourself a permanent IP address like gerbil.dynip.com can even assign yourself a port. Worth a look if you're worried and easier to remember than an ip address.

Have fun.

[h0mer]

Well I asked two different people and got two different answers. BT said that it changes every 4 hours and every time you connect (boot) and another ADSL engineer said it only changes when you reboot.
Whichever becomes fact, I think games are now coming out (Quake3 included I've been told) that support dynamic IP too so no disconnect when it changes.

:homer:

[Toadster]

...and the USB modem will not work with Windows 2000

It does, I have spoken to several peeps running it through Windows 2000, also it works under Linux which makes me a very happy bunny!

[enekron]

Simple solution. Sit on a Quake3 server in spectator mode, go watch a film or two and see if it disconnects ;)