how do i setup a tbb ping monitor?

how do i set one up as theres no option in my router to be able to ping it.

Unless you pay for a static IP you can't.

Hyperoptic use CGNAT which means you don't have your own IP.
It is shared with many other users meaning your IP/connection cannot be reached from the wider internet.

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Edited by j0hn83 (Sat 28-Jan-23 11:37:30)

thanks for the reply, I wanted to set one up as my ping is actually higher than it was on fftc which i find very strange, pinging bbc.co.uk im seeing 14ms whereas on vodafone i was getting 5ms. i expected to see the same or less with fttp.

Edited by arronlowley (Sat 28-Jan-23 21:17:20)

14ms seems high for Hyperoptic. Have you asked them to have a look?

My ping to bbc is usually around 2ms.

In reply to a post by locutus:

14ms seems high for Hyperoptic. Have you asked them to have a look?

My ping to bbc is usually around 2ms.

There's no such thing as "high ping for x provider" unless that provider is very localised. Hyperoptic is available all over the UK.

Ping depends where in the country you are and where your are pinging. It's high for Hyperoptic in London pinging London. It's perfectly normal for Hyperoptic in Northern England and Central Scotland.

BQM supports IPv6 so you can set it up without a static IP (I am on Hyperoptic and have done so).

I've always had a dynamic ip and have had a monitor for years. Only problem is having to create a new one if your ip address changes after a drop. If you have long uptime, it isn't a problem.

ive tried to set it up and it doesnt work, even with a netgear router, ive allowed it to respond to ping and nothing, how do i get it to work?

my pings actually dropped slightly, to 1.1.1.1 its 3-4ms but bbc its 10ms, nothing i can do about it really.

In reply to a post by arronlowley:

ive tried to set it up and it doesnt work, even with a netgear router, ive allowed it to respond to ping and nothing, how do i get it to work?

Not sure about getting the router to respond. The way I did it was add a firewall rule to accept ICMP where the destination is the IPv6 address of a server on my local network

See this image: https://iain.rauch.co.uk/images/zte_icmp_rule_smithe...

You can verify your IPv6 address by going to this URL (it'll be different for each device on your network): https://ip6.rauch.uk