Can I have my IP?

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Shindig

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#196120 20-May-2016 08:28

Hey bigpipe, you may be busy, but a gentle poke from me.

I sent an email early Thursday, having been switched to UFB (all good! love the Elite) I requested my static IP to be applied to the connection.

Please can this be action?

regards

Luke

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Lorenceo

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#1556155 20-May-2016 11:51

If you reboot your router does the IP it gets change? If not, you've found the static IP.

Shindig

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#1556247 20-May-2016 13:19

hmm this is true!

The little things make the biggest difference.

RunningMan

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#1556291 20-May-2016 14:33

Or is it a public IP - most dynamic BP IPs will be CG-NAT

Shindig

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#1557186 22-May-2016 11:03

rebooted router and got an IP.

Jumped on to google: whats my IP. They matched so assumed that was my new static.

If it was the CG-NAT one they would have been different.

The little things make the biggest difference.

ripdog

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#1557201 22-May-2016 11:51

Reboot your router again and check if it has changed, if not, that might be your static.

Even so, It's no guarantee, I've often received the same IP after a router reboot and I'm on a dynamic IP. Best to email bigpipe and ask if it's applied.

Lorenceo

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#1557268 22-May-2016 13:33

If the IP address your router has on its WAN interface starts with 100.x.x.x it's CGNAT. If it starts with anything else and remains the same after a reboot, it's static.

What Google says your IP is and the IP your router has from Bigpipe will not necessarily be the same, due to CGNAT.