Static IP and OpenDNS

Hi All,

Just about to move to Sky broadband from Plus.net.

Is it possible to:
1. Get a static IP address from Sky for the router
B. Change the DNS settings on the supplied router to point at the OpenDNS servers?

Thanks in advance.

Rich

In reply to a post by rjsetford:

Is it possible to:
1. Get a static IP address from Sky for the router

No.

B. Change the DNS settings on the supplied router to point at the OpenDNS servers?

No.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

In reply to a post by rjsetford:

Is it possible to:
1. Get a static IP address from Sky for the router

No.

Oh fudge

B. Change the DNS settings on the supplied router to point at the OpenDNS servers?

No.

oh fudge

It's cheap, but there are caveats!

I'd say lol

There are ways around these things )

In reply to a post by rjsetford:

There are ways around these things )

For DNS and router - yes - for static IP no.

The routers all support dyn dns services so there is a way round.

In reply to a post by peewee:

The routers all support dyn dns services so there is a way round.

Although unfortunately Dyndns want your credit/debit card details these days before giving you a free account.

fair comment, although when you tot up the costs it can still work out cheaper overall. In my case, with sky being the only LLU provider and having a massive aversion to BT the service level bandwidth wise is the main deciding factor along with download limits. I used to be with ID net in order to maintain service quality at £35/month but restricted to 40 Gb monthly download which running servers and so-on from home was difficult to stay under. Sky have been very good for the 6 months I've been on. and in fact the 'sticky' IP address has only changed 3 times so manual changes on DNS would have been OK except for having to look everyday to check.

Hi,

My IP has been very sticky, only changed a few times (4 maybe 5) in just under a year now..

Real bummer about dyndns, had my account with them for ages now so guess I'm a lucky one...

You can use "non sky routers" maybe that could be a path for you, my old netcomm hacked BT Voyager had a number of "dyn dns" providers and you could plug in your DNS servers of choice, I was with Be previously so that was a must

I have the free account through dyndns. Just signed up for the free pro trial then cancelled. They do require a card but don't charge you anything.
I just manually enter my IP address every time it changes. I signed up with dyndns hoping that I could get an email notification when my IP changed, but can't see a way to do it.

In reply to a post by offcs:

Just signed up for the free pro trial then cancelled.

Can be done, but some people are reluctant to hand out their credit details to companies they have no intention of giving money to. People have asked Sky to include more dynamic dns providers in their routers but nothing on the horizon at the moment.

But this is a bit OT as dynamic dns isn't the same as a static IP. Dynamic dns won't get around issues such as firewall access control rules needing one IP address that doesn't change (e.g. company VPN).

Edited by Oliver341 (Fri 13-Jul-12 14:00:17)

you can use 3rd party fibre router powered by billion or DD WRT with sky fibre.

Your IP won't change unless you turn everything off for a while, in the 3 months been with sky I had 4 IP address only.

with DD WRT you can then use almost any dynamic dns service and also opendns

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

In reply to a post by peewee:

The routers all support dyn dns services so there is a way round.

Although unfortunately Dyndns want your credit/debit card details these days before giving you a free account.

Try signing up via https://www.dlinkddns.com/
You should then find the account works on the normal dyndns.com site as dyndns powers the dlink service

In reply to a post by dragon2611:

Try signing up via https://www.dlinkddns.com/
You should then find the account works on the normal dyndns.com site as dyndns powers the dlink service

Good find!