EE broadband don't do static IPs-now they tell me!

[Driller]

I have a property with an EE broadband subscription that I took over. Before fitting the ethernet module for the Dimension panel I installed I thought I'd check to make sure the IP was static so I I could ask them to to provide one if necessary.

 

Answer: "No it's not static"

"Oh can you give me one please?"

"No we don't do that"

 

`Great. I'm assuming the Galaxy App needs a fixed IP address and anyway I'll want one for the CCTV.

 

Does anyone know if this will work with a DynDns type service and how reliable/unreliable it's likely to be?

 

Thanks

 

 

Edited May 1, 2022 by Driller

[sixwheeledbeast]

Assuming there is no CGNAT, yes Dynamic DNS will be fine.

There is no IPv4 address space left so getting a v4 address is hard, especially for free.

 

[Driller]

Thanks for the info. I don’t know what CGNAT is but it sounds pretty specialist so I assume I don’t have that.

 

 

[Driller]

Just had a look and it looks like I need to leave a pc on all the time to update the dyndns server with the latest IP address. Might be better to just pay for a static address.

 

 

[sixwheeledbeast]

have the router do it

CGNAT is done by the provider to provide more connections on a single IP, most mobile data connections have CGNAT.

For a wired connection it's unlikely

Edited May 1, 2022 by sixwheeledbeast
typo

[Driller]

21 minutes ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

have the router do it

CGNAT is done by the provider to provide more connections on a single IP, most mobile data connections have CGNAT.

For a wired connection it's unlikely

If the router can do it then that’s great, I prefer not relying on Windows…

 

Any advice on which one to go with now that Dyndns has gone?

[james.wilson]

I use dyndns

[sixwheeledbeast]

Most routers have DDNS support.

Some have there own service, or a limited selection of web ones.

Better routers you can manually use pretty much any DDNS service.

Most of the free web ones require you to manually login monthly.

[al-yeti]

9 hours ago, james.wilson said:

I use dyndns

On a dimension?

13 hours ago, Driller said:

I have a property with an EE broadband subscription that I took over. Before fitting the ethernet module for the Dimension panel I installed I thought I'd check to make sure the IP was static so I I could ask them to to provide one if necessary.

 

Answer: "No it's not static"

"Oh can you give me one please?"

"No we don't do that"

 

`Great. I'm assuming the Galaxy App needs a fixed IP address and anyway I'll want one for the CCTV.

 

Does anyone know if this will work with a DynDns type service and how reliable/unreliable it's likely to be?

 

Thanks

 

 

Selfmon 

[Driller]

22 hours ago, james.wilson said:

I use dyndns

 

Thanks James, that was my preferred service considering it's history but I thought it had folded. Nice to see it hasn't!

20 hours ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

Most routers have DDNS support.

Some have there own service, or a limited selection of web ones.

Better routers you can manually use pretty much any DDNS service.

Most of the free web ones require you to manually login monthly.

Interesting, you mean no need to take on an external web service? I'll have to see what the standard EE one can do, not much probably so might have to get a better one

12 hours ago, al-yeti said:

On a dimension?

Selfmon 

I couldn't remember the name but yes that's the one I'll go for especially as it's made by Mr Galaxy Guy himself. Unless I've misunderstood, are you suggesting that Selfmon can function on a non-static external IP though?

Edited May 2, 2022 by Driller