In reply to a post by RichTea23:

In reply to a post by LeJimster:

Am I correct in believing Zen issue proper a IPv4 address and not CGNAT? I see mention of a static IP is that something that is standard or do you have to pay extra?

That's right a static IPv4 address is standard and no restrictions (they do scan for open mail relays and a few other things though) You can also request IPV6 there is another thread in this forum with details on that.

Is there any specific no-no's documented anywhere? I was planning on building a multi-use home server mostly, nay entirely for personal use with ftp/http and possibly a trackmania game server which is pretty low bandwidth.

Edited by LeJimster (Wed 07-Jun-23 18:37:55)

In reply to a post by LeJimster:

Is there any specific no-no's documented anywhere? I was planning on building a multi-use home server mostly, nay entirely for personal use with ftp/http and possibly a trackmania game server which is pretty low bandwidth.

Not that I am aware off, I just tried looking on their help site but no mention of anything. I have had and have lots of different service running and never had a problem, I only know about the open mail relay as an old modem for some unknown reason use to listen on port 25 (even though it did not relay) and it was picked up by a Zen scanner who emailed me advising me to close it down which is totally understandable.

Yeah, I couldn't see anything in the AUP that prevents me from running the services I wanted, just wanted to know if you knew anything different. The open mail relay could be used for mass spam so I'm totally fine with them scanning for that. I don't really plan on setting up an email server, but I guess it is possible just not as open mail relay.

In reply to a post by RichTea23:

That's right a static IPv4 address is standard and no restrictions (they do scan for open mail relays and a few other things though) You can also request IPV6 there is another thread in this forum with details on that.

I've been given an IPv6 address without asking! Its been confirmed by Zen as a fixed address (like my IPv4).

In reply to a post by LeJimster:

In reply to a post by RichTea23:

In reply to a post by LeJimster:

That's right a static IPv4 address is standard and no restrictions (they do scan for open mail relays and a few other things though) You can also request IPV6 there is another thread in this forum with details on that.

Is there any specific no-no's documented anywhere? I was planning on building a multi-use home server mostly, nay entirely for personal use with ftp/http and possibly a trackmania game server which is pretty low bandwidth.

There will be some standard terms (as with any ISP) that anything unlawful remains unlawful if you use their connectivity to accomplish it. And if they receive a notification they will pass it on,but I've never had an issue on a home connection.

As regards your home server given that you probably don't want to open your home server up to the Internet for FTP, you would want to use VPN to access that. The Fritz!box supplied router has a few VPN options
Or you could run something like Wireguard on the home server and then the incoming connections are just over UDP on a single chosen port.
Or even Tailscale / Zerotier if you had multiple locations to link.

Yes the WAN interface receives an IPv4 as a fixed public /32 and the IPv6 as a fixed /64
with a fixed LAN delegation of a /48 prefix
of which your router configures the first (0th)) /64 on your LAN interface (alongside your private v4)

The IP configuration is received automatically with no manual addressing required, unless you want override the supplied DNS for example.

Edited by prlzx (Fri 09-Jun-23 00:07:36)