MWEB assigned me a different IP?

[Jack Shizz]

Hey dudes.

So I decided to flash router tech firmware to my old Telkom Mega 105WR (Yes, I have three of them). everything went off without a hitch, router works fine.

I use MWEB as my ISP. 1mb uncapped. I usually end up with an IP of 41.XX.XX.XXX

what is odd, is that I am now receiving an IP of 197.87.XXX.XXX

If someone could clarify as to why that would be great. it's not exactly a major issue, I am just curious as to why I am receiving an IP in a completely different range.

I also thought that MWEB only had access to a certain range of IP's? mainly in the 41.XX.XXX.XXX region.

[chrisc4290]

Well, I am with CellC and sometimes it is 41. ...and sometimes 197..so who knows

[Hummercellc]

On my first line i have 197, second line 41, third line 41 and fourth line 197..... so it seems normal.

[HavocXphere]

It indicates that you are The One.

/jk

Mweb owns various IP ranges and seems to allocate them randomly. Shouldn't have an effect on anything whatsoever.

[Chevron]

South Africa has more than just the 41 range of ips.

[ambo]

Africa has more than just the 41 range of ips.

Corrected for you
The blocks 41/8, 102/8, 105/8, 196/8, 197/8 as well as some others are all allocated to Africa. Many South African ISPs have multiple blocks from those ranges.

[hereticangel]

if your unhappy with your change to @dslmweb or @mweb, still you get a 41. :P

[Pada]

There are about 600 different IP ranges for South Africa.

Seeing that you don't have a business ADSL account that would ensure that you have static IP address, Mweb can pretty much give you any public IP address they want.

[lumpyza]

yea it all depends on what Ip addresses are available in their pool of ranges / blocks of IP addresses they have...

[Jack Shizz]

I always thought it would have been simpler to assign countries ranges that were relatively close to one another, like international calling codes.

Huh. Who knew.