Guest aneljr009 Posted September 21, 2008 CID Share Posted September 21, 2008 My neighbor and I have the same IP Address. We're both Smartbro users...Will it affect our internet connection speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dzep007 Posted September 21, 2008 CID Share Posted September 21, 2008 you have different antennas, right? i thought everyone has their own unique ip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aneljr009 Posted September 21, 2008 CID Share Posted September 21, 2008 Not the Physical IP address... the one scanned by www.whatismyip.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianonline Posted September 21, 2008 CID Share Posted September 21, 2008 it is normal for smartbro subscribers in a particular location to have the same IP address.. it is because the access points (cellsites) acts as a big router... and your connected to this router using wireless connection thats why you have canopys in your rooftops.. remember the function of the router is to connect several computers to make one network. routers assigns a unique IP address on each subscribers/PC connected to it.... and thats exactly what is happening everytime you turn on your pc.. Your ACCESS POINTS assigns different IP ADDRESS to each computer... Im 101% sure that you are the only person who has this IP address on that network.. (refer to image 1) kindly refer to the illustration.. on the first illustration the field that says IP address is the IP address of your computer as it is identified on the router/access point.. and this goes in random manner.. and this is unique on your computer.. there wont be any computer who will be sharing the same IP address or else it will create a conflict.. the second illustrations show the distribution of IP address on a particular area... each subscribers PC is assigned with different IP address but the access point or the cell site uses only ONE IP ADDRESS the 125.60.235.203 be informed that when you visit a website your computer sends the data/request to the router which is the access point. and this access point/router will be the one who access the website you are trying to visit... on websites that logs IP address it will log the 125.60.235.203 since that is actually the IP address of the computer that accessed the website.. think of the router/access point as the MOTHER.... and the subscribers are the kids... the kids want to go YAHOO.com so the kids told the mother to go to yahoo.com mother went to yahoo.com on the entrance there is a security guard who logs everybody who goes in.. so since physically the mother is the one who went inside then the log will be the mothers IP address.... in our case the ROUTERS IP address and not your PC's IP Address... if you need further explanation respond to this and i'll make things a bit easier.. but i think this one is easy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbuster2007 Posted September 21, 2008 CID Share Posted September 21, 2008 think of the router/access point as the MOTHER.... and the subscribers are the kids... the kids want to go YAHOO.com so the kids told the mother to go to yahoo.com mother went to yahoo.com on the entrance there is a security guard who logs everybody who goes in.. so since physically the mother is the one who went inside then the log will be the mothers IP address.... in our case the ROUTERS IP address and not your PC's IP Address... i wonder where their FATHER is... hmmm.... jk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted September 21, 2008 CID Share Posted September 21, 2008 i wonder where their FATHER is... hmmm.... jk :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianonline Posted September 23, 2008 CID Share Posted September 23, 2008 i wonder where their FATHER is... hmmm.... jk fathers busy working! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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