Std Static IP Addresses

[Danny McGee]

Whats the difference?

The benefits?

The Drawbacks?

I've no idea and im sure there are some people on here who can help

Ta

[DaSloth]

The only real benefit is with hosting something, but with all the dynamic DNS services out there, its not such an advantage any more

downsides are the additional cost (if your ISP charges) and if you ever get banned by IP anywhere, its harder to get around it

[_JP_]

I would have thought the only benefit is that your IP never changes so you can always get to the service/server no matter what.

We use static IPs at work for various reason.

1. We know what site is talking to us always as only trusted IP's comes though the firewall.
2. We have a static IP range and only our IP range can connect to each router on site making it more secure.
3. We can access any device directly as each site has up to 6 IP addressed devices
4. with 250+ routers you don't want to be setting up DNS services on each one!

Normally your IP gives you an IP that changes, meaning if you run a PC at home you would find it hard to connect to while out as its address keeps changing; unless you use a dynamic dns program that updates your IP when your ISP changes it. In reality ISP like Blueyonder/Virgin don't tend to change your IP often but if they wanted to they could, as for others I'm not sure how often they change

The question is what do you need one for?

[MatJohnson]

I use mine so i can point to my machine anywhere using terminal services. Other than that, you can use it to host sites if you want, or your own mail server for your incoming mail.

Personally, if it costs, i wouldn't bother, mine comes with the service so its ok.

[Danny McGee]

Originally Posted by Toadeh

I use mine so i can point to my machine anywhere using terminal services. Other than that, you can use it to host sites if you want, or your own mail server for your incoming mail.

Personally, if it costs, i wouldn't bother, mine comes with the service so its ok.

Thanks guys, thats good enough for me. I'll stick with the standard then. I dont want it for anything fancy

[MatJohnson]

A simple option is http://www.dyndns.com/ some routers have the option to add dynamic services such as this and it will act just like a static IP