Advantage of a Fixed IP?

[Nick F]

Just about to sign-up to Bulldog 4MB package, is there any good reason why I should pay an extra £4.99 a month for a fixed IP address?

[Swafe]

So you can host your own webpage / server I guess, you can foward a domain e.g www.famished.co.uk to it, and ppl can see it from your pc... if you have a changing IP, then each time you disconnect, the IP will change, the page wont work

I think thats what you can do anyway

[NenMaster]

its a bit expensive for a static ip though

[0iD]

costs me an extra £5 pm for mine. Not much per day.

[Lee H]

I have a static as well on bulldog - use it for remote windows control and various other lovely remote controlling ways

[nichomach]

Or you can use a service like DynDNS to redirect to your machine even when it's allocated a new IP address. If you're happy to use one of their domain names, the basic service is free.

[Twigman]

but if you use a service like dyndns...
Tbh i reckon for 90%+ its not worth it.

[wasabi]

Pretty much the case that if you don't know what it is, you don't need it.

If you are connecting into work through VPN for example, it helps in creating firewall rules to allow your access.

Also handy for hosting games servers where you want others to be able to add your server to favourites.

[Trippledence]

I have staic ip from plus net, no extra charge! Good for TS servers and Real VNC. If only my line wasnt so damn long id have 2mg.

[NenMaster]

ntl are good, free!

[Nox]

eclipse are free too

Nox