internet static ip

okee

Hi

I'm not very familiar with wan static ip's.
My Broadband ISP sent us an email with a static ip
address that we asked them to set up. I haven't been able
to reach them to get info on what needs to be done on our side.
basically we want to connect via ftp to our internal NAS box.
For arguments sake, he said the static ip address is 199.1.1.101
How can i check to see that its set up correctly ?

If i go to a site like whatsmyip.org should my ip address appear as
the one they gave me ?

thanks

okee

FusionNet

Hi

Can you us a bit more of an outline of what equipment you have in place and what exactly you wanna do. For example is it a house with a router, a business with a box firewall a server etc..

okee

it's a small office network with 3 pcs and a Dlink network storage device that has an ftp server built in.
We have an smc wireless router with about 6 ethernet ports which all the pcs and the dlink are connected to.

The SMC router is connected to our isps "box" (This is wireless BroadBand as opposed to recieving it through the phone line) we have no access to this box.
Our SMC router receives an ip address from the isps box

I have asked for a static ip address so we can ftp into the dlink nas to download files, they sent us an email with ip adress say 199.1.1.101 saying this was our static ip address that's it.
When i checked the smc router it's getting an address like 10.1.1.10 from their box. when i go to whatsmyip.org it gives an adress something like 87.1.1.11

How are static adresses assigned by normal isps like eircom, if you ask for a static ip do they just assign them to your router, and the router/modem then picks up the address, or do you have to manually enter it in your router/modems wan settings.

Thanks

okee

steve-hosting36

Browse to http://www.hosting365.com/support/tools/whatsmyip/ in your web browser - if it's set up right, you will see the dedicated IP you were assigned.

To access your NAS using that address, you need to set up NAT (Network Address Translation) on your router, which translates the static IP to the internal network IP for the ftp service. You should be able to check your SMC manuals for details on how to do this, using the web based admin for the router.

HTH,
Stephen

okee

i went to whatsmyip.org earlier today and my address does not appear as the static ip it's something completely different.

steve-hosting36

Fair enough to assume it's not set up then so.

okee

Steve

If it was set up correctly
I take it their box on the wan side would have the static internet ip address
199.1.1.101 and then the box would issue an ip address to my router
something like 10.1.1.101.
Am i right ? there's no other way it could be setup

steve-hosting36

Well, their box shouldn't have an Ip at all (your router should) and the router would then NAT to the NAS device.

okee

Originally we didn't have a router, just their box plugged into
a switch and the pc's were set up to obtain an ip address from
the box.