Thanks folks, that help confirm the chat in the forums. If the IP changes at monthly intervals, perhaps after a power failure or something else rare then I can live with just updating my 6 DNS records at VentralIP manually. I don't want to go back to using something like DynDns, as I used them about 10 years ago and they went from free to $10/month, but the worst thing is that it's just more *stuff* to manage and remember.
I have no choice of modem, they gave me a "slab" Netgear Gateway Max with pretty blinking lights. *GK* On 28 October 2015 at 18:17, Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) <g...@greglow.com> wrote: > Yep correct - rarely changes - just get a reliable DDNS service and a > decent modem/router that "gets" DDNS. We use a DOCSUS 3 modem in bridge > mode then have a Billion box plugged into it. Seems to work well and we can > get to our NAS through it just fine. However, bit by bit we're moving it > all to Azure anyway so hope soon to not care about local IP address. > > Regards > > Greg > > Dr Greg Low > SQL Down Under > +61 419201410 > 1300SQLSQL (1300775775) > > > On 28 Oct 2015, at 5:11 PM, Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Folks, I had a Telstra cable modem installed this morning, but I haven't > switched over to it yet because I don't know how it allocates IP addresses. > I will have to update my DNS records to point the world to my home server. > Web searches hint that the IP only changes if the modem is disconnected for > "an extended period of time". Some hint that this period is days. Some > people hint that the IP is "sticky" and will rarely change in practise. Can > anyone confirm that this is actually the cable IP behaviour? > > > > Greg K >
