I’ve always had a static ip, wish they’d just people one it would be a lot easier, Didn’t really want EE as cheaper with Plusnet but because we got sim only’s with EE they knock some money off the phone.

Just worried incase it doesn’t work for our CCTV

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On IPv4 there aren't enough IPs to support all the users to have static. There aren't even enough to support all the users with dynamic which is why some of the newer ISPs have had to use CGNAT.

It's different on IPv6 but the world is just not rushing to do the migration as most people can live with the pains of IPv4 and doing all the work to fully move to IPv6 would take some effort.

In reply to a post by ian72:

On IPv4 there aren't enough IPs to support all the users to have static.

That's not the reason. Providers like Sky, BT and EE do dynamic addressing for IPv6 too.

The reason is it makes the network routing simpler to have a large pool of addresses routed to each BRAS. Then whenever an end-user connects to the network, they get an IP address from whichever BRAS they hit, and the core network doesn't need any sort of routing update.

I've never had a static ip. Dynamic DNS makes it irrelevant
Use the Asus DDNS service and you will never need a static address again

you cannot declare people will not need static ips without knowing the full reason they have a static ip.

In reply to a post by pyarwood:

you cannot declare people will not need static ips without knowing the full reason they have a static ip.

Suggest reasons for residential requirement for a static IP that cannot be satisfied with either Ipv6 OR DDNS

If you manage internet-connected systems where access is limited to a small selection of permitted IP addresses, would be one use case.

However, a static IP is not needed for remote access of CCTV. A DDNS service would work, but personally I'd want to set up a VPN rather than leaving something like that exposed to the internet.

What he said 👍

In reply to a post by jpm:

If you manage internet-connected systems where access is limited to a small selection of permitted IP addresses, would be one use case.

However, a static IP is not needed for remote access of CCTV. A DDNS service would work, but personally I'd want to set up a VPN rather than leaving something like that exposed to the internet.

Very niche requirement which would likely be satisfied by a business type service with a range of static addresses, for most residential use cases I can't see the need when other options exist,
I wholeheartedly agree you. using a VPN for accessing CCTV remotely, which is precisely how I have my own CCTV and other services setup.