If you want a business service with dedi IPs etc, then don't buy a resigrade service.
On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 at 18:10 Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks folks, that help confirm the chat in the forums. If the IP changes > at monthly intervals, perhaps after a power failure or something else rare > then I can live with just updating my 6 DNS records at VentralIP manually. > I don't want to go back to using something like DynDns, as I used them > about 10 years ago and they went from free to $10/month, but the worst > thing is that it's just more *stuff* to manage and remember. > > I have no choice of modem, they gave me a "slab" Netgear Gateway Max with > pretty blinking lights. > > *GK* > > On 28 October 2015 at 18:17, Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yep correct - rarely changes - just get a reliable DDNS service and a >> decent modem/router that "gets" DDNS. We use a DOCSUS 3 modem in bridge >> mode then have a Billion box plugged into it. Seems to work well and we can >> get to our NAS through it just fine. However, bit by bit we're moving it >> all to Azure anyway so hope soon to not care about local IP address. >> >> Regards >> >> Greg >> >> Dr Greg Low >> SQL Down Under >> +61 419201410 >> 1300SQLSQL (1300775775) >> >> > On 28 Oct 2015, at 5:11 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Folks, I had a Telstra cable modem installed this morning, but I >> haven't switched over to it yet because I don't know how it allocates IP >> addresses. I will have to update my DNS records to point the world to my >> home server. Web searches hint that the IP only changes if the modem is >> disconnected for "an extended period of time". Some hint that this period >> is days. Some people hint that the IP is "sticky" and will rarely change in >> practise. Can anyone confirm that this is actually the cable IP behaviour? >> > >> > Greg K >> > > -- David Connors [email protected] | @davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363
