holding an ip for as long as possible

[lestat]

Hello, I have dsl from Southwestern Bell but it is a dynamic IP with the PPPoE deal. I don't think there is an option just to upgrade to a static ip for a few dollars more, but you have to buy their business plan, which is quite a bit more than the regular price for normal dsl. It does give you 5 ip's though. Well I was wondering if there was anyway to keep the ip for a very long time.

 

[Viperoni]

there's things like dynip out there....if that's what you want
Otherwise, I can't say there's much you can do

 

[BoNeZ]

Other than making sure your system never goes off, or putting up a router, and letting it act as a firewall, I don't think there's much you can do. It has to do with the IP leasing terms that your ISP has set. But, as I said apart from either of these 2, I don't think there is anything.

BoNeZ

 

[Spiff]

you could potentially hold the same IP for weeks or months if you never reboot. with a firewall, like Linsys or NetGear, this probably won't happen. the Linksys router i've been using continually changes its external IP address... in fact it gets a new one whenever the lease expires.

but if you simply have your own workstation linked directly to the cable modem/adsl device, then as long as you don't reboot, you could potentially hold the same ip for months.

 

[lestat]

doh

 

[lestat]

Hello, well I am using the Linksys router myself. I have enabled the keep alive option on the router, but it changes the ip's like you said. Is there any possible way to maintain the same ip using the router as a firewall. This sucks. :|

 

[db]

Yes, do tell. I have *exactly* the same situation.
(&SWB sucks).

 

[Spiff]

I haven't tried, but... two options I would look at would involve DMZ and/or the "no response to network requests" (I'm not at home, so I don't recall the exact name of this).

The first option I would try is allowing "reponses to network requests". This allows the device to respond to things like a "ping" coming from external sources. By denying responses, you effectively make yourself invisible on the network to most casual scans. In other words, they don't know you're there.

If this by itseld does not do the trick, then I would enable DMZ.

Outside of that, I don't know what you could do. But asI have said, I haven't tried to get my Linksys device to retain its IP, nor have I tried to look fro info on this.

 

[ctll]

i have swb dsl too

i just upgraded to enhanced dsl from basic (not business, enhanced)

it costs... uh.... i forget how much more, but it aint 400 like for the business, it's like 20-40 more...)

you get 5 static ip's

takes 2 weeks to process your order... (been 10 days now)

hope this doesn't screw up my 150k download speeds (a sec)