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Router Access Question for Fixed Wireless domestic customers

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  • 08-08-2011 3:07pm
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    BobTheBeat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭


    Hey Folks, this question really applies to anybody who takes a fixed wireless service from a provider such as BBNET,ICE Broadband, Digiweb.

    Im looking to host a couple of services (ssh server/web server) at my house, certainly nothing too crazy that couldnt be hosted via a standard DSL connection to all the lucky broadband users out there. When I contact my provider BBNET, they inform me that they cannot give customers access to their radios, and the only way I can do what Im looking for is to apply to RIPE for a static address assignment. Even after explaining the beauty of dyndns and port forwarding I was told no its not possible, so after facepalming a few times, I just hung up.
    I know for a fact that they use static addresses within their own access network, as the technician who installed the antenna day one told me. When I queried if they could do the port forwarding to for me, I was again told no, not possible..

    Has anybody here had similar problems, and were they able to resolve them without the whole RIPE application process?


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    Dardania
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    What's the IP address of the device plugged into their radio ethernet socket? Surely that's a public IP?

    I had digiweb before, and the radio modem gave, via DHCP, a public IP address to the first device plugged in. I could do all the port forwards I wanted thereafter, through my own router


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    BobTheBeat
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    They have the radio set up to NAT everything, and it acts as a DHCP server giving out private addresses. The situation you describe is what I was hoping for initially, but alas it wasnt to be.


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    Dardania
    Registered Users Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Dardania


    ah, bummer...

    does it do UPnP per chance? If so, on Win XP at least, you could add port forwards to a router from My Network Places once UPnP was enabled on both the PC & router...

    whats the modem/routers model number?

    Edit: This SW might help: http://www.wiseorbit.com/projects/upnppw/


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    PogMoThoin
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    Bet they'll do it if you sign up to a business package ;)


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    BobTheBeat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭BobTheBeat


    Dardania wrote: »
    ah, bummer...

    does it do UPnP per chance? If so, on Win XP at least, you could add port forwards to a router from My Network Places once UPnP was enabled on both the PC & router...

    whats the modem/routers model number?

    Edit: This SW might help: http://www.wiseorbit.com/projects/upnppw/

    No PnP im afraid. I cant remember the make/model, but its a fairly plain vanilla yoke from what I recall.

    And youre correct, business package gives me everything. Serious PITH altogether!


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