You can also see if allow for dns entries in their firewall policy (some do). 
Then set up dynamic DNS. 

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> On Nov 26, 2017, at 5:30 PM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> I know I can use other ports. That’s not the issue.
> 
> I’m looking for an alternative to a static IP, because it locks me to only 
> one location.
> 
> -David Schwartz
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 26, 2017, at 5:18 PM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I’ve got a shared hosting account and asked if I’m able to install a git 
>> repo host (eg., from gitlab) so I can use it to host my own private git 
>> repos.
>> 
>> I’m not very famliar with git or hosting it, but I understand that It 
>> requires an SSH connection for the transfers.
>> 
>> I asked the support folks, and they replied that they can do that, but they 
>> need to configure it so the SSH uses a static IP so they can white-list it 
>> in their firewall.
>> 
>> That requires me to always access it from the same place, which seems a bit 
>> over-restrictive for my needs.
>> 
>> (I have Cox internet at home, so I probably have a static IP most of the 
>> time, at least until I reboot my modem and it allocates a different IP.)
>> 
>> I’m wondering if there are any options where I could use, say, a VPN, to set 
>> up a redirect such that the outgoing IP for the SSH is always static?
>> 
>> Anybody familiar with git is free to offer alternatives. Frankly, I’m not 
>> sure why it would be built exculsively on using SSH as the data channel. 
>> Doesn’t it have any other means of connecting to it?
>> 
>> Alternatively, this hosting account is a reseller account, and while I’m not 
>> exactly sure how many IPs they give me, I know they’re all static.
>> 
>> So I could set up another domain on the same host with something that lets 
>> me do a redirect to the SSH on the other domain where git is hosted?
>> 
>> Alternatively, what’s wrong with just using a port for the SSH channel way 
>> up in the 20,000 range?
>> 
>> I get their concern with security, but … solving the problem with a static 
>> IP seems so 1990ish.
>> 
>> Suggestions are welcome.
>> 
>> -David Schwartz
>> 
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