Static IP address (yawn)

[j.m@talk]

umm was talking to my ISP & he said NO ya can't have one

ADSL (UK)

Umm so where could I get one of these babies?

Gawd I hate BT

[AllGamer]

You can't

but there's a better way

here

www.no-ip.org




WOW! the 2nd Technical question by JM

[j.m@talk]

I don't feel well

All these brains are going to my head

[Cyan]

A different provider might offer those, but they charge you for it.

[j.m@talk]

.................................................. ...More cash.............................................. .........................Argh..................... .................................................. .................................................. .......



Screams & runs away

[BJUK]

try hear http://********adsl.co.uk/services_home.htm superbe company. use them my self there £29.99 includs static address.

[bassman]

Well, if you use a public anonymous proxy you'll get a dynamic IP and yours won't be visible on P2P, Web, etc...the only drawback is that you'll lose some speed...

[j.m@talk]

Originally posted by bassman
Well, if you use a public anonymous proxy you'll get a dynamic IP and yours won't be visible on P2P, Web, etc...the only drawback is that you'll lose some speed...

public anonymous proxy ???????

Eh?

[gtaylor]

Static IP addresses in the UK are generally for business ADSL leases and some more expensive home packages. In my experience, if you connect to the ADSL fairly regularly, you get assigned the same IP address by your ISP's DHCP server everytime you log on. This should be the case if you log on more often than your ISP expires its DHCP leases, which will generally be longer than the time between when you log on.

You can check your ip address from a dos/command window by typing in ipconfig. That will return the IP address subnet mask etc. Next time you log on, do it again and see whether it has changed. This should practically mean that you have the same IP address all the time, although it does have the potential to change.

[j.m@talk]

I rarely log off & it changes quite frequently ......... Ahhhh

I got a .Com domain thingi........ How would I add e-mail to this?
my webspace People don't offer it ....... There answer is "Use the form submission function"

I want somthing like j.m@mydomain.com

Geeperes those lessons on the Commodore Pet were handy when I was @ school

[AllGamer]

you need to give YOUDOMAIN.COM 2 DNS server addresses usually YOUR OWN server

and your server must have a properly configure DNS server running

after that, people will automatically connect to you

of course there more that goes on under the hood, specially in the cofig area

like A record, Zone records, Reverse lookup records, PTR records, Host names, etc, etc, etc, etc

oh yeah and MX record if you plan to run a Mail server

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I dunno bout crappy BT, but crappy NTL (their both as bad as one another) give you a dynamic Ip but dont bother changing it for about 4 months at a time, if BT do the same ti might just be worth figuring how often they change the IP and then reconfig everything at those intervals for the new IP

--Jakk

[j.m@talk]

They change it...Umm when ever they feel

Somtimes daily

Makes using pcanywhere a right pain in the doofus I can tell ya

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As far as DNS server whatsits I aint got a clue........ Can't ya just buy it ?

[cwin]

My ADSL server disconnects me and changes the IP at Midnight every day
No-ip is a drag, you have to run a crappy program, and their server often fails to redirect browsers or is so slow they get a timeout.
Normally, you only get a static IP if you pay £80 a month for a 1mbit p/s buisiness account
But, as my, dad, grandad, and my uncle work for telecoms, i might get a deal.
In Jersey (not New) we only have on telephone provider ... jersey telecom

[AllGamer]

I guess you COMPLETELY IGNORED what i suggested you before eh?

use WWW.NO-IP.ORG

maybe i forgot to say this: IT'S FREEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

did that get your attention?