IP address
zorlac:
Quote from: dlarson54 on January 24, 2019, 03:08:29 pm
I have to use Comcast router
Why?
zorlac:
Quote from: SteveInWA on January 24, 2019, 03:53:21 pm
Fine. If you previously edited your OBiTALK settings to define a static IP address, go back and delete it and just use DHCP, which is the default. There is no reason to need a static IP address, unless you are running a website.
He would pay $35/mo for his obi being at a fixed IP address? ???
SteveInWA:
Zorlac: ISPs charge a fee to host a dedicated, fixed IP address, vs. just getting whatever random IP address is assigned by their DHCP service.
dlarson54: it doesn't matter what kind of router you use. I can't think of a nicer way to say this, but the large majority of your questions have been so basic and obvious that perhaps you do not have the technical ability (or initiative to simply look things up yourself) to operate this equipment, and you should get your phone service from a bundled provider, and give up on DIY.
zorlac:
Quote from: SteveInWA on January 24, 2019, 05:03:44 pm
Zorlac: ISPs charge a fee to host a dedicated, fixed IP address, vs. just getting whatever random IP address is assigned by their DHCP service.
I dunno, I run my own modem & router with Comcast & my obi's on a fixed IP like all my printers too. No extra fee.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: zorlac on January 24, 2019, 05:20:14 pm
Quote from: SteveInWA on January 24, 2019, 05:03:44 pm
Zorlac: ISPs charge a fee to host a dedicated, fixed IP address, vs. just getting whatever random IP address is assigned by their DHCP service.
I dunno, I run my own modem & router with Comcast & my obi's on a fixed IP like all my printers too. No extra fee.
No, that is not what is meant in this context. Consumer/residential broadband service allows you to be assigned one IP address from your ISP's DHCP servers. YOUR router then uses that IP address on its WAN side to connect to the Internet. YOUR router has its own DHCP for its private LAN. You are thinking of those private LAN addresses, which your ISP has no visibility to, nor cares how many there are.
In this context, "Fixed IP" is a IP address that is dedicated to your account. When you connect your router to their network, it will always have the same public IP address. Businesses may need a fixed IP address if they're running a web server or anything else that needs to be found by other things on the Internet.
Why dlarson54 believes s/he needs a fixed IP address is yet another mystery.
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