I have a STATIC IP ADDRESS on my DSL connection now - What can I do with it?

[Glendor]

Nothing RUDE please

The deal is, I bullied my DSL provider into turning the crap-tastic Xytel router they gave me into a bridge, and the DHCP address into a static address. I know there are things I can do now, that would have been more difficult before, like host a web server, and maybe even an email server, but what I'm looking for are new ideas on ways I can use this that haven't occured to me before.

If you have a static IP, how are you using it, or how would you use it?

 

[Zucarita9000]

Besides a web server, you can run a FTP server, VPNs, keep a pcAnywhere agent or MS Remote Desktop for remote acces to your PC, plug in a webcam and set it to broadcast so you can watch your home from anywhere....

 

[ahanafi]

Not to mention if you have a domain name you can run your own DNS, Active Directory Domain, E-mail Server etc and the list goes on and on.
Besides you can use the static IP as a gateway to your own network use NAT to run all sorts of utilities on your home network.

 

[lbmcleod]

Yeh i'd do a webserver my self instead of having to pay through the nose to hosting companies for PHP/MySQL and more space, no ads, frontpage extensions......the list goes on

even if they have given you a static ip, you might be breaking their terms by using as a webserver so i would check that.

have fun

P.S. who is your DSL provider?

 

[Glendor]

Some of those ideas occured to me, but watching a webcam of my house sounds promising. I didn't have to sign any kind of agreement, and I'm not paying extra for the Static IP. After moving from my old to new DSL provider, my Remote Assistance function in Windows Messenger quit working. I tracked it down to the Router the new company provided; it didn't pass UPNP traffic. My old setup did, and when I called their helpdesk to get find out what could be done to remedy the problem they said they would get back with me. When the lady from tech support called back, she cought my voicemail system, and left me a brief message... then she thought she hung up the phone :Q

That's right... my voicemail was still recording when she proceeded to rag on me and my intelligence regarding what I want my DSL connection to do :frown: The phone recorded for at least 5 minutes.

Well, I called back, and climbed right up the chain of command, and spoke to a district manager who was all to happy to fix me up with the kind of connection I needed, and would even give me a static IP at no charge to make it all work

 

[JackMDS]

It is not really a big deal in this time of human history.

On the positive side. It saves the need of external free DNS referral.

On the Negative side. It makes you a static target.

 

[ScottMac]

Yeah, and they're probably monitoring it much closer too.

Read your Terms of Service, Live your Terms of Service, BE! your Terms of Service ....

Check your next bill closely too, maybe they moved you to commercial service (more $$).

Good Luck

Scott

 

[Celstar]

While we are sorta on topic. what provider gave you the static ip?? I am looking for one to replace SBC

 

[CWilkins32]

You can run a porn site. hahaha

 

[leolaw]

you can actually hold a game server without changing ur IP every single time

So you dont have to tell your friedns to go to a different IP address in order to go to the server.

Or you may setup a ftp file server, that would be wonderful for me.

 

[Zucarita9000]

Yeah... run a FTP server inside a DMZ.