Zellarman Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Excuse my french, please substitute tin for the ** if you like. I have Verizon DSL service, but through AOL. After unsucessfully trying to access my ISY through the internet, I realized that my IP address wasn't static. Long story short, AOL doesn't issue static IP addresses "for security reasons" I can't imagine there's any kind of work around, short of changing my provider. But my imagination is a little limited so, if anyone has any ideas, please let them fly. Thanks, Chris Link to comment
royceconnerley Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Open an account at www.dyndns.com and pick a DNS name. Configure your router to update dyndns.com when its address changes. That's what I do. Link to comment
aLf Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Zellerman: Just did the same as royce spelled out and it works well. You have to learn the inner guts of your modem (which with a certain person at UD) I was able to do in a few hours. We made my ISY a static (internal) address and I now have DYNDNS that gets updated from my modem and I always can see my ISY. I've had some problems with my DSL service and I'm still not 100% sure I'm out of the water, but the past two weeks it has worked flawless. Good luck. I'm still learning as I go. I hope you have the same luck. aLf Link to comment
ResIpsa Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 New member! And currently salivating over the arrival of my 99ir. Just had to comment. I have long shared your feelings about AOL. I walked away from the service in 2001 after throwing money at them for far too many years. You should know, though, that AOL's approach is not unique. I currently use AT&T DSL, while most of my family uses Comcast cable internet. Not one us has a static IP address. I believe I would have to get a business DSL account and pay ~$75/month in order to get a static IP address. Is it worth it? Absolutely not. I will shortly be setting up a dyndns account as suggested. My brother has been utilizing dyndns to host our family website and an internet voice chat server (TeamSpeak), for several years with absolutely no problems whatsoever. I highly recommend it! Link to comment
Mark Sanctuary Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 AOL people will enjoy this one... Cancel The Account ...takes a moment to load the audio but its funny. Link to comment
jgraziano Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 OMG that's funny, but it doesn't surprise me in the least. I got rid of AOL probably 10 years ago, we get it free from Time Warner and my wife still uses it, but that's it. I use my AOL email address as a spam address. I don't think any residential broadband services assign static IP's. I know mine doesn't. Link to comment
Zellarman Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Open an account at www.dyndns.com and pick a DNS name. Configure your router to update dyndns.com when its address changes. That's what I do. Thanks Royce, I set up an account at DynDNS and it all seems to be working now. Link to comment
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