OMG!!!! How Come? ;-)

Jennyis2cute4u88 · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:38 am Post subject: OMG!!!! How Come? ;-)

Why does my IP address keep changing?

http://172.193.231.175:82/ that was the address to my website..

now my Ip adress changed AGAIN so my new address is...

http://172.199.110.3:82 and of course only the first page works all the other pages are formt he other IP address ....... HELP!!!

-Jenny-

AbyssUnderground · - Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 3855

You have a dynamic IP address meaning it changes every time you log on to the internet. If you want a static one, your ISP might be able to give you one but at an extra charge.

If you want an easy way around this, go to www.no-ip.com and register a domain. This can be http://you.no-up.info or similar. Then you download the client that will update your IP Address automatically to the no-ip system. This then means that you can use http://you.no-ip.info as your website name and not the IP Address.

When you link to other pages in your site, dont include the IP Address. Instead of

<a href="http://xx.xx.xx.xx:82/page.html">Page</a>

use

<a href="page.html">Page</a>

this has the same effect without all the hassle.

If you need extra help with this, feel free to post.
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Anonymoose · - Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 2192

Your IP keeps changing because your ISP is using dynamic IPs - after a set time, or each time you reconnect, your IP may change. This isn't a problem if you use relative rather than absolute links.

You have made all your links in the form :

<iframe src="http://172.193.231.175:82/Jenny101.html"

That's an absolute path as you have included the complete path to the file in the URL. Instead of doing that, use a relative link -

<iframe src="/Jenny101.html"

Which would work regardless of what your IP is.

You can test this by going to your site and adding /AboutMe.htm to http://172.199.110.3:82 the the address bar - it will take you to the second page of your site. The pages are accessible; you've made broken links.

http://172.199.110.3:82/AboutMe.htm

If you want to have a simple way of giving people links to your site, sign up for a DynDNS or No-IP account to pick a hostname you can use for your site instead, eg http://jenny.no-ip.com
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Anonymoose · - Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 2192

Oops. Spot who started replying, wandered off and then hit reply without checking for other answers. I am redundant.
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AbyssUnderground · - Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 3855

Lol, your answer was actually better than mine, its better explained ;)
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Jennyis2cute4u88 · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:20 pm Post subject: Thank You!

OMG! Thank you all so very much! I did just enter the filename.htm instead of IpAddress:Port/Filename so now I dont have to change evry link everytime my Ip address changes I tried the no-ip thing but I'm an idiot and impatient lol I didn't get an E-Mail form them lol and it wasn't in the spam folder either but anyways I'm using Cjb.net so My URL is LoveJenny.Cjb.Net and all I have to do is update the Ip on the CJB.net but thanks so much I never would have figured out it was a dynamic ip address THANK YOU! check my website out sometime trying to find an actual purpose for it so yeah Im working on it....;-)

-Jenny-