Static or Dynamic IP?

paul1980 · 16 Jul 2006 at 20:16

Hi all,

I was just wandering what the advantage is to having a static IP. I notice a few ISP's offer a static Ip (Some free, some at a cost)

I am your usual PC user, I play a few online games and also download with some P2P applications.

Cheers

Indy500 · 16 Jul 2006 at 20:17

If you're web hosting for example, you'll want a static IP.

Uhtred · 16 Jul 2006 at 20:36

static ip is a plus but you can get around a dynamic ip with ddns which is easier to remember anyway.

zetec452 · 16 Jul 2006 at 21:30

You won't see any advantage in using a static IP unless you need to dial in to your pc or have a small website running. Most ISP's will generally have a fairly long lease time for dynamic IP's.

Goumet · 16 Jul 2006 at 21:34

Pro's and Cons for both.

If your not going to host anything, then it doesn't really matter.

I have one, and to be honest, never used it.

FordPrefect · 16 Jul 2006 at 22:00

If you dont know that you need a static then you dont need one. As mentioned there are ways around not having one anyways such as dynamic dns.

Kol · 16 Jul 2006 at 22:32

JonRohan said:
You won't see any advantage in using a static IP unless you need to dial in to your pc or have a small website running. Most ISP's will generally have a fairly long lease time for dynamic IP's.

Aye, with NTL, I cannot recall the last time it changed :/ Lease time never seems to end!

zetec452 · 16 Jul 2006 at 22:37

Mikol said:
Aye, with NTL, I cannot recall the last time it changed :/ Lease time never seems to end!

IIRC its based on the MAC key of your router / firewall so it generally won't change.

Kol · 16 Jul 2006 at 22:51

JonRohan said:
IIRC its based on the MAC key of your router / firewall so it generally won't change.

I presumed it was something like that. Cheers