[aklug] Re: GCI static IP's

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On 04/08/2012 08:39 PM, Jim MacDonald wrote:
> Hi all, For a number of reasons some of them personal, some
> professional, I find myself desiring to have a static IP external
> IP address configured for my home network. I use GCI. I just
> checked and they charge 10$ a month for a static IP. This seems
> pretty steep to me for what is essentially an IP reservation
> setting in their DHCP server. I have considered using DDNS for some
> of what I want to do but I suspect that for other uses I will need
> an actual static IP address. Does any have any suggestions on how
> to best go about this? That doesn't involve paying a 10$ extortion
> fee every month?
>
>
> Jim MacDonald jim@macdonald.org
>
>

ACS charges $20/month.

I struggled with this issue a few months back because many e-mail
servers were not accepting the IP address of my e-mail server. I got a
lightweight VPS from Alienware for $5/month and moved my e-mail server
there, and I haven't had any problems since. For everything else I've
been doing, DDNS has worked fine.

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Received on Mon Apr 9 10:06:28 2012