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holomatrix
24-11-2003, 03:32 PM
I asked for my static ip's to be set up back before my line was connected. Each time I ask what's going on I get different responses. The last being that the upline BGP providers wanted 48 hours to open the routers for the ip addresses. That was 5 days and 6 hours ago.

I want to set up my mail server and such but I cannot until my ip's are sorted (because my entire network config right from my router to the servers is all set up on the static ip's that are not currently routed to me.)

Could some one please look at this issue and contact me to give me a realistic timeframe for it to be completed as per the written details (I have written stuff from networking and provisioning saying that setting up my ip's wouldn't be a problem and that it would be done ready for my connection) I have been online for a week now with no ip's???

The communication I am getting is unreliable, and I am not being given updates unless I email or call and demand them... which I shouldn't have to do. Good customer service dictates that keeping the customer up to date is paramount. Whilst I appreciate that your guys can get very busy (I work in IT also, so I know what a strain it can be when you are responsible for lots of systems, and when some of the systems that are paramount to your job are someone elses responsibility and you have to wait for them) but I still keep my staff informed even if it's a quick email with only two or three lines.

cheers

holomatrix
25-11-2003, 10:36 AM
Swift aren't even responding to my requests now... I have been left in limbo... this is great customer service guys :confused: :eek:

ianz
25-11-2003, 11:19 AM
I have been online for a week now with no ip's???
How can you be online and not have an IP?


IF your connection is active then you must have one.... right?

ianz

CloSeR
25-11-2003, 12:12 PM
Ianz,

Holomatrix would be online with the IP address of his adsl modem/router..

He is talking about additional static ip address..

Which you need if you wish to setup a Mail Server etc...


:p

CLoSeR

holomatrix
25-11-2003, 04:00 PM
CloSeR is correct. I was being given an ip out of sydney each time I connected... but the static routed ip addresses were not coming.... took 3 weeks but today a nice chap in Sydney finally found out where my ip's had gone and pointed them in my general direction...

fugitive
25-11-2003, 07:18 PM
Why is CloSeR correct??? If you have the ability to port forward to a particular server connected to your router, why do you need a separate IP address for a mail/web server?

CloSeR
26-11-2003, 08:12 AM
Originally posted by fugitive
Why is CloSeR correct??? If you have the ability to port forward to a particular server connected to your router, why do you need a separate IP address for a mail/web server?

Yes Fugitive.. You can setup port forwarding on your router so that any requests made for a certain port be forwarded to a server on your LAN.

BUT... If you want to do it properly, then a Static IP Address is DEFINATELY the go!!!

CLoSeR

jeremy
27-11-2003, 09:39 PM
Originally posted by holomatrix
I asked for my static ip's to be set up back before my line was connected. Each time I ask what's going on I get different responses. The last being that the upline BGP providers wanted 48 hours to open the routers for the ip addresses. That was 5 days and 6 hours ago.


You have a portable range of IPs that you brought over from another ISP?

padme
28-11-2003, 12:46 AM
yup... whole c-class network.. hehehe
Scouts come prepared... he was born that way

holomatrix
28-11-2003, 12:48 AM
yeah... padme is correct...
I had a c-class as well....

I 'bought' them (if that is the right term) while I was in the UK... One you have them you can usually get any ISP to route them for you (as long as they are in IANA/AUNIC/RIPE as yours to route) I had them pointed at an isp in the uk while I was there... then when I dropped them, got them routed to my swift conxn...
takes a day or too normally... took three weeks this time for some reason

holomatrix
28-11-2003, 12:50 AM
For those that dont know... a c-class is an entire 256 address subnet..... eg 212.159.54.1 to 212.159.54.255 all inclusive

padme
28-11-2003, 01:01 AM
yup... whole c-class network.. hehehe
Scouts come prepared... I was born that way

jeremy
28-11-2003, 11:01 AM
Originally posted by holomatrix

I 'bought' them (if that is the right term) while I was in the UK...

There are still places where they don't mind throwing away IPs? Damn, where do I sign?

Not that I need a /24 at home but it would come in handy for other things. They were easy to get up until the mid-90s, though I was too yong. These days it's not even considered a good idea to allocate blocks as small as /24 as they clog up routing tables.

holomatrix
28-11-2003, 10:09 PM
You have to be a company... and go through a shedload of paperwork 'justifying' their need... (I want to run 'How many mail servers and aplication hosting boxes???'... you get the idea)

Knowing someone who works in an isp helps... or in my case... working for an ISP helps hehehehe