Been doing some thinking - SAIX local

[FlashSA]

So we know that if you leave your capped SAIX/DO account connected into the new month you will enjoy the start of your local cap again without having to deplete your Intl first.

Plus you can connect a second connection on another pc and enjoy your Intl portion of your cap there while using local on the existing connection.

But what if you weren't able to keep the connection alive and you lose the local facility?

I had a look at the difference in IP addresses and gateways with regards to a local only connection and the full Intl connection.

A Intl SAIX connection gives you the following:
IP ADDRESS = 41.247.x.x
GATEWAY = 41.247.x.x

A local SAIX connection gives you the following:
IP ADDRESS = 165.146.x.x
GATEWAY = 165.146.x.x (same as IP)

Now is there a way to manually set all the IP info on a PPPOE connection so that you can create a local connection while still having Intl cap left? I know IP conflicts might be an issue - dont know how to get around it.

 

[Gnome]

Now is there a way to manually set all the IP info on a PPPOE connection so that you can create a local connection while still having Intl cap left? I know IP conflicts might be an issue - dont know how to get around it.

There is no way to "manually" set your IP, you are allocated a IP, end of story.

The only way is to not reset your account come new month.

 

[Srack0verflow]

talking about this in public gives them ammo, dont you think?

 

[Drunkard #1]

talking about this in public gives them ammo, dont you think?

It's not like we're taking something we haven't paid for, or that we wouldn't find another way of using our free local. eg: Yesterday, I accidentally reset my local only connection (accompanied be language that would make a sailor blush), after using only 5 gigs so far (thank you Web Africa). But, it just means I'll have to cap my Telkom blended around the 20th, and buy a prepaid blended gig for the last 10 days of the month. That way I get my full 30 gigs, and still have international for the whole month. (As a bonus, the prepaid gig from Axxess has 3 years rollover, according to their website. If I'm careful, one prepaid gig could last three or four "mistakes".) Mikrotik makes the splitting (and pppoe auth) easy as pie.

 

[dovij]

I once tried to manually set my PPPoE IP address, thinking the same as you, that it would force local only usage. Alas! it refused to connect...gave me an error!

 

[guest2013-1]

There is no way to "manually" set your IP, you are allocated a IP, end of story.

The only way is to not reset your account come new month.

WTF? Of course there's a way to manually set your IP address. you just don't tick the "Automatically get my lame IP address from the ISP"....???

Wow...

 

[guest2013-1]

I once tried to manually set my PPPoE IP address, thinking the same as you, that it would force local only usage. Alas! it refused to connect...gave me an error!

What error did it give you?

 

[FlashSA]

WTF? Of course there's a way to manually set your IP address. you just don't tick the "Automatically get my lame IP address from the ISP"....???

Wow...

+1

Due to my celebrating of "flame-free Friday" I declined to comment earlier

 

[Pada]

Just buy a separate prepaid local-only account, like those 30GB IS local-only ones from OpenWeb for R130. Then use RouteSentry or a similar script/application to split the traffic. IMO Blended accounts aren't worth it.