Summerschool

Alright my guess is that since you are pushing more traffic and you just upgraded to the other plan the IP changes to reflect that...

I know this isn't it because the ip only started changing when I switched how the modem/router was setup (about 2 weeks after the upgrade). Maybe the number (starting with 6 instead of 7) is because of the upgrade, but not the constant ip changes.

do you mean you added a router when you say you bridged your modem? if so, then the connection is still dropping but you don't see it anymore because the router immediately reconnects when it happens. that could explain the changing ip. have you talked to tech support about your problems? the hanging connection when the phone rings means that (depending of how you have filters set up un the line) one or more of them is bad, allowing signals intended for the phone to leak into the high freq area of the dsl.

Well I already had a router with a modem, but the modem was not bridged.

When my internet dropped before I reset the modem and it worked, but my ip didn't change. So is this because my modem never actually reconnected, but my router is reconnecting?

I can see the phone problem, but I have 7 phones in my house and at least one of them doesn't have any room for a filter (and at least 3 don't have filters).

I havn't talked to tech yet, I can still try this. Although last time I called I couldn't understand the person and they hung up on me.

Also what is the difference between a bridged modem and one that's not?

I have sprint DSL 3000/512 (just upgraded from 1500/384)

After the upgrade my internet was going out when there was too many connections (on torrents I would have about 15 connections, which is very minimal).

Also the internet would sometimes pause for a long time when the phone rang (it still sometimes does).

So I read somewhere online that the connection dropping would get fixed if I bridged my modem. I did this a it did 3 things

1) fixed the connection dropping (for the most part)

2) allowed my to port forward (first time this has ever worked)

3) my IP now changes frequently

I used to have an ip that started with 71.*.*.* and it would change maybe once every two months. Now my ip starts with 6*.*.*.* and it changes 2-3 times a day. This cause a lot of inconveniences and I don't know if it is supposed to be doing that (seems like a lot of wasted ips).

71.*.*.* = mn-71-*-*-*.dhcp.hsd.embarqnow.net or mn-71-*-*-*.dhcp.sprint-hsd.net, so it uses dhcp

6*.*.*.* = mn-6*-*-*-*.dyn.sprint-hsd.net or mn-6*-*-*-*.dyn.hsd.embarqnow.net

I aso had one 71.*.*.* that dyn, but it lasted longer (maybe a week or so) that the 6*.*.*.* ips.

Any help on how I would go about get my much-less-dynamic ips back?

I currently have my internet settings setup in my router and use pppoe.

is there a fee for the internet...or is it free

Basicly all there services including interent is part of there living there fee, so its kind of free and kind of not. I read bethel's site and they say they max people at 9mbit/s download, but they don't show an upload limit. And I guess there getting a new internet along with the u of m and there then going to raise the limit to 12mbit/s. My sisters computer was probably getting a slow speed beacuse the wireless connection wasn't that great, and they give bandwidth priority to classes during the day and dorms during the night (I tested in day). Still, that speed would be fast enough for me

I'm at my sisters dorm with wireless internet. 

The dowload stats are less than the upload though 

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 2491 Kbps about 2.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 304 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2)

Test Time:: Tue Sep 6 02:56:04 CDT 2005

Bottom Line:: 44X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 3.37 sec

Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 97.72 % of your hosts average (89.79)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-UVN8965IH

the download is only about 230Kb/s

I should host files off here  but I'm sure people wouldn't like that

I got this fixed, but I think it was a problem with my wireless connection. I was  wirelessly connected to a netgear router and thats when I was getting lots of internet connection problems, like short connection breaks and slow speed. I switched the wired connection to my computer and now I get better constant speed and a better ping (for my games). Thanks anyways 

Hello, I seem to have this problem with my connection speed, when I restart (or turn on) my computer the speeds are good (around 180kB/s), but then they get worse after a few minutes and level out to around 40-70kB/s. I have changed the settings with cablenut a lot but can't get anything to fix this speed decrease. I have Sprint DSL 1500/256 (although I'm almost positive my upload is capped at 384). Oh and my upload speed is maxed all the time. Any help would be appreciated much.

Edit:

Speed right after I restart my computer

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 1416 Kbps about 1.4 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)

Download Speed is:: 173 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1)

Test Time:: Sat Jul 30 03:06:25 CDT 2005

Bottom Line:: 25X faster than 56K 1MB download in 5.92 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 79.11 % of your hosts average (sprint-hsd.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-XMPZ9BTVN

Speed after my computer has been on for a a while

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 557 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)

Download Speed is:: 68 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1)

Test Time:: Sat Jul 30 10:54:27 CDT 2005

Bottom Line:: 10X faster than 56K 1MB download in 15.06 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 31.12 % of your hosts average (sprint-hsd.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-K15MI4B28