Pipex Static address

Hi Im trying to set up my router for a static address on pipex is this
possible to do this without paying more for it? I have a dlink 604 router
but it does not seem to work when I set it up to go static with Pipex
Any help appreciated
Graham

"Graham" (E-Mail Removed) wrote in message
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> Hi Im trying to set up my router for a static address on pipex is this
> possible to do this without paying more for it? I have a dlink 604
> router but it does not seem to work when I set it up to go static

Pipex don't offer static IPs on their Solo products at all - even if you
offer to pay.

Hi Grant so I cant set the router up for static address period? What is the
advantage of static address for the uninformed please
G
"Grant" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Graham" (E-Mail Removed) wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)
> > Hi Im trying to set up my router for a static address on pipex is this
> > possible to do this without paying more for it? I have a dlink 604
> > router but it does not seem to work when I set it up to go static
>
> Pipex don't offer static IPs on their Solo products at all - even if you
> offer to pay.
>
>

"Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Grant so I cant set the router up for static address period? What is
> the
> advantage of static address for the uninformed please


If you are running your own web server or FTP server, or want
people/yourself to connect to your PC over a VPN it makes it so much easier.
You can do just the same things with a dynamic address but a static one just
makes it a little easier and often cuts the need out to install more
software onto your PC that circumnavigates the fact that your IP is always
changing.

"Graham" (E-Mail Removed) wrote in message
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> Hi Grant so I cant set the router up for static address period? What
> is the advantage of static address for the uninformed please

Pete's reply has covered most of the advantages.

I'd be tempted to say that if you don't know why you want one, you don't
need one would hold true for 98% of home ADSL users.

I wanted one so I could VPN to a server that only accepts connections from
specific IPs. The server doesn't accept hostnames so even dyndns.org is out

Graham wrote on Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:01:42 -0000:

> Hi Im trying to set up my router for a static address on pipex is this
> possible to do this without paying more for it? I have a dlink 604 router
> but it does not seem to work when I set it up to go static with Pipex

I was with Pipex for 3 years (just left to go to Plus.net as I don't need an
uncapped service and I'd rather pay less), and in all that time my IP never
changed.

Dan

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:43:28 -0000, "Spack" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Graham wrote on Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:01:42 -0000:
>
>> Hi Im trying to set up my router for a static address on pipex is this
>> possible to do this without paying more for it? I have a dlink 604 router
>> but it does not seem to work when I set it up to go static with Pipex
>
>I was with Pipex for 3 years (just left to go to Plus.net as I don't need an
>uncapped service and I'd rather pay less), and in all that time my IP never
>changed.

As per a recent post here, this is true if you are on the extreme1
realm. If you are on extreme2 or extreme3 your IP will change far more
often. I am on extreme3 and it changes every login...

>
>Dan
>


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"Spack" (E-Mail Removed) wrote in message
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> I was with Pipex for 3 years (just left to go to Plus.net as I don't
> need an uncapped service and I'd rather pay less), and in all that
> time my IP never changed.

Grrrr. Me jealous? Oh yes....

Apparently, long time customers on the @xtreme or @xtreme1 'domain' get
'sticky' IPs as you describe. Us newbies (I'm @xtreme4) get proper dynamic
ones.

Due to my dodgy line with a very iffy SNR, I managed to get through 27 IPs
in 12 hours on Saturday without once having a usable connection

"Shevek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:43:28 -0000, "Spack" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Graham wrote on Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:01:42 -0000:
>>
>>> Hi Im trying to set up my router for a static address on pipex is this
>>> possible to do this without paying more for it? I have a dlink 604
>>> router
>>> but it does not seem to work when I set it up to go static with Pipex
>>
>>I was with Pipex for 3 years (just left to go to Plus.net as I don't need
>>an
>>uncapped service and I'd rather pay less), and in all that time my IP
>>never
>>changed.
>
> As per a recent post here, this is true if you are on the extreme1
> realm. If you are on extreme2 or extreme3 your IP will change far more
> often. I am on extreme3 and it changes every login...

Must have missed that post - I've only been reading posts here for the past
2 weeks reading up about alternatives to Pipex.

Even though I had a static IP (well, sticky at least) I still used Dyndns
just in case - and now I'm on Plus.net, I still have a static IP

Dan