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BT Broadband and IP addresses

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  • 01-10-2006 10:33pm
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    techguy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭


    Whats the story with IP addresses and BT broadband are they static or are they changed regularly? Im just curious because I want to setup a awebserver and it will cause compications if the IP is changed a lot.

    Thanks,

    Hakko


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    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,249 ✭✭✭ongarite


    BT reset your connection every 24 hrs and assign you a new ip address for every session.


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    techguy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭techguy


    F***! Thats obviously because they dont want people like me to run servers from their connections!! What to do??
    Thanks ongarite.


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    vimak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭vimak


    get a dedicated server from germany, you can get some old machine with 500GB monthly traffic under 20e a month, virtual servers as low as 40 euros a year (1GB hdd, 50GB/mo traffic)


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    techguy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭techguy


    so I will not be able to run a server at home at all then??


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    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,249 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Look at this thread, might have some useful info.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054939376&referrerid=&highlight=static%20ip


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    hakko1872003 wrote:
    so I will not be able to run a server at home at all then??
    Well it's against the terms of your service to run any kind of server on a home broadband connection from BT. Also, at a max of 384kbps upload, your server would be pathetically slow.

    You can get website hosting from various companies in Ireland and other countries. They're reasonably cheap too, depending on what you want.


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    Foxwood
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    hakko1872003 wrote:
    F***! Thats obviously because they dont want people like me to run servers from their connections!! What to do??
    Thanks ongarite.
    No, it's because they don't want people who don't know what they're doing to be running servers.

    You don't need a static IP address to run a server. The modem provided by BT supports Dynamic DNS services.


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