I never said it was a common requirement, and I'm not suggesting that it's even a good way to do things (VPN would be preferable), but you can't always control what your clients use or their ability to configure things.

You asked for a use case where DDNS wouldn't work, and I have one.

In reply to a post by jpm:

I never said it was a common requirement, and I'm not suggesting that it's even a good way to do things (VPN would be preferable), but you can't always control what your clients use or their ability to configure things.

You asked for a use case where DDNS wouldn't work, and I have one.

Yes, I did. To be clear I was not being argumentative, I'm just fairly direct in my approach, intent is never to be inflammatory, apologies if it seemed so. Thanks.

As noted, static IP (just for remote access into a residential network) has been left behind somewhat both from a cost and security perspective.

There are far better alternatives that won’t have an ongoing cost (like renting a fixed IP from an ISP mostly does nowadays) you will also have a more seamless and secure experience as you won’t need to poke holes in your network from outside.

Possibly not what you wanted to hear, but sometimes it’s better to look at what other (better) alternatives are now available.

Good luck 🤞

That article is flawed!

1. Principally there is no CGNAT on EE Fixed BB, only mobile.
2. Personal EE BB a/c's can't get a static public IP. You might be able on business a/c's.

Edited by XRaySpeX (Fri 17-Jan-25 10:54:59)

I’ve looked into a business account as they told me a Static is available on those accounts but to have a business account you just show proof of a business you have et .

Where could you rent a static from?

From the ISP that provides your service. Many (if available) will typically charge around £5 pcm to provide a static IP.

A&A will sell you an L2TP service for a tenner a month.

As said. There’s other approaches which have zero ongoing cost.

Edited by Pheasant (Fri 17-Jan-25 11:14:43)

just because YOU CANNOT SEE THE NEED doesnt mean it doesnt exist

Are you with EE? Pheasant.

Gettin myself on edge abit now as someone said EE was very bad his cameras didn’t work so moved to virgin now works good. I have no Virgin here and Plusnet don’t wanna Discount anything..

Yes I have EE FTTP.

I run CCTV but mine record to a local Synology NAS, which has its own cloud-based remote access. My other remote access and site-to-site connectivity is all done via ZeroTier.

Edit - to be fair the CCTV cameras I use also have their own independent cloud connectivity - both Reolink and HIK-Vision have cloud based viewing / control apps. So I have two (or three ways) I can see / access any of those cameras.

Edited by Pheasant (Fri 17-Jan-25 23:58:31)