NTL Fixed IP address

Hi Everybody

I am using NTL Cable broad band which has a dynamic IP address and my
Website hosting company need to have a Fixed IP Address. For security
reasons they say.

To that end they give me their dialer which I guess must be a fixed IP
address, and they allow me connection only via the dialer and 56k
modem. Yuk!

Now my website is getting a bit large, I would like to use the NTL
broadband connection to to upload.

So the question: Is there any way to get a fixed IP Address from NTL ?

Regards Bob Dydd

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, bob dydd wrote:

> Hi Everybody
>
> I am using NTL Cable broad band which has a dynamic IP address and my
> Website hosting company need to have a Fixed IP Address. For security
> reasons they say.
>
> To that end they give me their dialer which I guess must be a fixed IP
> address, and they allow me connection only via the dialer and 56k
> modem. Yuk!
>
> Now my website is getting a bit large, I would like to use the NTL
> broadband connection to to upload.
>
> So the question: Is there any way to get a fixed IP Address from NTL ?
>
You may find it easier and cheaper to choose a different web hosting
company.
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 07:53:10 GMT, bob dydd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>So the question: Is there any way to get a fixed IP Address from NTL ?

I assume that you've tried http://www.ntlworld.com/help/ ?

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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
bob dydd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I am using NTL Cable broad band which has a dynamic IP address and my
>Website hosting company need to have a Fixed IP Address. For security
>reasons they say.
>
>To that end they give me their dialer which I guess must be a fixed IP
>address, and they allow me connection only via the dialer and 56k
>modem. Yuk!
>
>Now my website is getting a bit large, I would like to use the NTL
>broadband connection to to upload.
>
>So the question: Is there any way to get a fixed IP Address from NTL ?

ntl: do not offer fixed IP on their home products. You could upgrade to
their business cable service, but as another has said, easier and cheaper
to find a hoster with a more reasonable access policy.

Zane.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> bob dydd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >I am using NTL Cable broad band which has a dynamic IP address and my
> >Website hosting company need to have a Fixed IP Address. For security
> >reasons they say.
> >
> >To that end they give me their dialer which I guess must be a fixed IP
> >address, and they allow me connection only via the dialer and 56k
> >modem. Yuk!
> >
> >Now my website is getting a bit large, I would like to use the NTL
> >broadband connection to to upload.
> >
> >So the question: Is there any way to get a fixed IP Address from NTL ?
>
> ntl: do not offer fixed IP on their home products. You could upgrade to
> their business cable service, but as another has said, easier and cheaper
> to find a hoster with a more reasonable access policy.

My experience is that though the NTL home product may not be fixed IP, in
practice, at least if you remain permanently connected (eg using a wireless
router) the IP does not change over a period of several weeks, even months.

[I'm not on NTL myself, but I provide by-IP-limited connections to someone
who is].

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Hi Y'all

Thanks to everyone who answered. I phoned NTL (no easy task) and was
told that they could upgrade me for £100.00 to business use but when
the free faster upgrade comes next month, if I have business contract
I would not get the free faster upgrade. Anyways! I agreed, proffered
my Visa card only to be told that it is not available in m area. Grrrr

I like the idea by Thomas Sandford, but to do this I need to find out
the IP Address of my Cable Modem on the Internet. I am using an Ambit
351000 cable modem that is about 3 years old

Does anyone no how to do this?

Bob dydd

On 11 Apr 2005 15:38:09 +0100, Thomas Sandford
<${thomas/03$}@paradisegreen.co.uk> wrote:

>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
>> bob dydd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> >I am using NTL Cable broad band which has a dynamic IP address and my
>> >Website hosting company need to have a Fixed IP Address. For security
>> >reasons they say.
>> >
>> >To that end they give me their dialer which I guess must be a fixed IP
>> >address, and they allow me connection only via the dialer and 56k
>> >modem. Yuk!
>> >
>> >Now my website is getting a bit large, I would like to use the NTL
>> >broadband connection to to upload.
>> >
>> >So the question: Is there any way to get a fixed IP Address from NTL ?
>>
>> ntl: do not offer fixed IP on their home products. You could upgrade to
>> their business cable service, but as another has said, easier and cheaper
>> to find a hoster with a more reasonable access policy.
>
>My experience is that though the NTL home product may not be fixed IP, in
>practice, at least if you remain permanently connected (eg using a wireless
>router) the IP does not change over a period of several weeks, even months.
>
>[I'm not on NTL myself, but I provide by-IP-limited connections to someone
>who is].

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, bob dydd
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>I like the idea by Thomas Sandford, but to do this I need to find out
>the IP Address of my Cable Modem on the Internet. I am using an Ambit
>351000 cable modem that is about 3 years old
>
>Does anyone no how to do this?

Type myip into Google ;-)

The top result however leads to http://whatsmyip.smokingmedia.com/ which
tells me my IP accurately but tells me I'm in Amsterdam

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dave @ stejonda <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, bob dydd
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
> >I like the idea by Thomas Sandford, but to do this I need to find out
> >the IP Address of my Cable Modem on the Internet. I am using an Ambit
> >351000 cable modem that is about 3 years old
> >
> >Does anyone no how to do this?
>
> Type myip into Google ;-)
>
> The top result however leads to http://whatsmyip.smokingmedia.com/ which
> tells me my IP accurately but tells me I'm in Amsterdam

That's because they are too stupid to follow whois results correctly and
so take the initial reply which says your IP is allocated to RIPE, based
in Amsterdam.

They totally ignore the remaining 100 lines or so which might have some
hope of getting at least the correct country.

But in truth pretending that you can get much better than the nearest
continental group (if that) by looking at an IP address is moonshine.

Whois can tell you who the IP is allocated to but where it is used is
irrelevant.

A traceroute may give some clues if the intervening routers are helpfully
named...

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Email to this address from commercial mailing lists constitutes unauthorised
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In news:(E-Mail Removed),
bob dydd <(E-Mail Removed)> opined very noisily:
> Hi Y'all
>
> Thanks to everyone who answered. I phoned NTL (no easy task) and was
> told that they could upgrade me for £100.00 to business use but when
> the free faster upgrade comes next month, if I have business contract
> I would not get the free faster upgrade. Anyways! I agreed, proffered
> my Visa card only to be told that it is not available in m area. Grrrr
>
> I like the idea by Thomas Sandford, but to do this I need to find out
> the IP Address of my Cable Modem on the Internet. I am using an Ambit
> 351000 cable modem that is about 3 years old
>
> Does anyone no how to do this?
>
> Bob dydd
>
Your current IP is/ was 82.9.86.149
Taken from your post headers
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:18:23 +0100, "dave @ stejonda" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

-
-The top result however leads to http://whatsmyip.smokingmedia.com/ which
-tells me my IP accurately but tells me I'm in Amsterdam

This one seems better (I'm also told I'm in Amsterdam on that one...)

http://www.whatsmyip.info/


-Rob
robatwork at mail dot com