It's been a long time since I've been on Cable, but from memory this is correct. You can (or used to be able to) pay a smidge extra for a static IP though.
On 28 October 2015 at 16:11, Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, I had a Telstra cable modem installed this morning, but I haven't > switched over to it yet because I don't know how it allocates IP addresses. > I will have to update my DNS records to point the world to my home server. > Web searches hint that the IP only changes if the modem is disconnected for > "an extended period of time". Some hint that this period is days. Some > people hint that the IP is "sticky" and will rarely change in practise. Can > anyone confirm that this is actually the cable IP behaviour? > > *Greg K* >
