Does verizon offer static ip for residential customers?

[wadefinner]

I've found conflicting answers, does verizon offer static ip for residential customers?

Thanks!

Wade

[dslr595148]

First things first.

When you say Static IP, do you mean make the non-bogan IP Address Static or the LAN IP of your computer Static that is behind your NAT router?

You can find out what your non bogan IP Address is at http://ipv4.whatismyv6.com/

One of the purposes on the non bogan IP Address is, that is the IP Address that users from the Internet are to enter to connect to your computer.

[prisaz]

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@wadefinner wrote:

I've found conflicting answers, does verizon offer static ip for residential customers?

Thanks!

Wade

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No. Verizon does not supply outward facing public IP addresses for residential accounts. That would be the WAN IP that could be seen and used on the public side of your router. To get a static IP for your WAN address you would need to have a Verizon business account, flat out plain and simple, no conflicting information. Regardless if it is a HSI or FiOS account the Static IP is optional for small businesses, and yes it does cost more.

http://search.verizon.com/?st=zz&tp=s&rv=s&q=Static+IP

If you want to be able to contact your router remotely based on a domain or domain host Dynamic IP, there are various companies that do this. You would just configure port forwarding to the service and computer on your internal network. A free host ID on their domain or a paid domain name with more elaborate features. I have used both at one time or another. The last time was for a temporary speed test server I was running for network speed tests on my GPON 150/65 connection I had. Some people use it for security cameras, or home control systems where they do not wish to connect through a third party. There are many reasons for wanting this. But remember, it is against Verizon's TOS to run a server on a residential account. But I have only heard of them going after someone with a warning because of excessive traffic being generated on a FiOS account.

http://dyn.com/dns/

http://www.noip.com/

[recon66]

Hi,

Your wrote:

"The last time was for a temporary speed test server I was running for network speed tests on my GPON 150/65 connection I had. Some people use it for security cameras, or home control systems where they do not wish to connect through a third party. There are many reasons for wanting this. "

I would very much appreciate if you would let me know how to achieve this with my security cameras at a remote location.

Thanks.