My External IP Changes Rapidly/Multiple External IPs

[Connor Hall]

Recently I upgraded my motherboard to a MSI 970A-G43 Plus from the stock motherboard inside my Dell PC. I did not do a clean reinstall. I also Installed an IP camera in my home that I had portforwarded to view elsewhere. A few days after I installed both of these my External IP would change every time I refreshed the page. Google would give me an ipv6 address and that was not what I was used to. Just for testing I disabled ipv6 so I would receive an ipv4 address. Now google brings me a consistent IP but different websites would bring me a completely different IP that changes with each refresh. After many days of Googling I had read that some ISPs will change external IPs to deter server hosting but I have never read it happening so frequently.

What Google gives me.

What a separate brings me.

What another website brings me the first time.

What the same website brings me after a refresh

What a final website brings me (doesn't change with refresh)

Also 2 websites claim my ISP is Google, does that make a difference? (mine is Cox)

My Information:
Motherboard: 970A-G43-PLUS
Router: Linksys EA6300
Modem: Cisco DPC3010
Connection Type:Ethernet

 

[Alabalcho]

The best person to answer your question is Cox (or whoever your ISP is). Your motherboard does not have anything to do - it's your router who gets the (external) IP address.

 

[Shaun o]

To be honest it`s a good thing that they rotate your external IP.

Or the one addressed to the cable modem if a combined modem router setup.
On average a ISP should rotate the external IP pool once a month.

Every day or few days would be a bit excessive though, unless they do have a policy of the user cannot run a server via the external IP provided by them for the service.

As the other poster said you should talk to your ISP about it, they may offer a service where you can opt for a external Static IP instead of a dynamic external IP setup.
Though they may charge more for it, as it should be more secure if the ISP provides the option.