Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-25391954-20140906153606/@comment-25173123-20140909185714

Yes, turning your router off at anytime will replace the IP address when you turn it back on. Unless you have a dedicated IP address setup by your internet provider which is usually only a requested availability. (of which I had one setup when I was in Korea due to their frequent pushing of private addresses on base.)

PPPoA has little difference for you over PPPoE. Just a different method of connecting,,, one being more hardware sided the other being more software controlled. So though PPPoE is a better solution it won;t really effect you that much.

Unless you have security reasons for turning off your router or are trying to save the few cents on electricity then turning off router is not something most people do. If you have a good IP address then keep it I say. Some service providers are notorious for having private addresses pushed to clients when they don't have enough addresses for their complete client base. Especially in 3rd world countries or areas with small providers offering cheap internet service versus local competition. (but with that said... even big companies due this tactic.) Which doesn't effect many users but is detrimental to gamers and others using online features that can't work properly over a private address connection.

Now an IP address starting with a 2 shouldn't normally give you issues but if you say you turn your router on and off each day then when you were having issues then your router IP could have been anything. Though I have to admit I will reconnect my router if I see an address that isn't starting with 3 digits. I don't know why as I know simply being 1 or 2 digit shouldn't matter but it really is a thing for me.ha

Well I hope everything is going ok for you and let us know how things are getting along for you with all your gaming and such.

Good luck.