Smart Village - Publicly Routable IP Address

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So I finally get to setting up my PLEX server last night, and then I realise that the geniuses at SV are running a "Double-NAT" setup :mad:

According to my router, my public IP is 192.168.102.101 (obviously not very public in that IP Range). When I go to WhatIsMyIP.com the adress reported is 197.214.117.130

Now I obviously dont control the firewall or port forwarding on that IP and as such am stuck having to deal with the incompetence that is SV support...
 
mic_y said:
So I finally get to setting up my PLEX server last night, and then I realise that the geniuses at SV are running a "Double-NAT" setup :mad:

According to my router, my public IP is 192.168.102.101 (obviously not very public in that IP Range). When I go to WhatIsMyIP.com the adress reported is 197.214.117.130

Now I obviously dont control the firewall or port forwarding on that IP and as such am stuck having to deal with the incompetence that is SV support...
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Hi Mic, which estate are you in?
 
mic_y said:
Im in Upper Eastside (Woodstock)... Can't I get another ISP? :cry: :cry: :cry: PBCool help a brother out ;)
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I will see what I can do and get back to you mic_y
 
It may be worth asking if SV will give you a free static IP , its something we do but mabe you can twist their arm as it will solve your issue or maybe Paul from Cool Ideas can help you .
 
Alternatively you can can tunnel out to a host that then has a public IP you can control.
 
So, I did a bit of research and digging in the network this weekend, and found out an interesting little thing: all the apartments have the same public IP address (checked with 3 of my neighbors and its always the same 197.x.x.x address). Is this not a contravention of some ISPA rules/regulations?

What happens if someone is flagged for downloading torrents? How do they tie it back to a specific user as to the external world we are all one user?
 
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mic_y said:
So, I did a bit of research and digging in the network this weekend, and found out an interesting little thing: all the apartments have the same public IP address (checked with 3 of my neighbors and its always the same 197.x.x.x address). Is this not a contravention of some ISPA rules/regulations?

What happens if someone is flagged for downloading torrents? How do they tie it back to a specific user as to the external world we are all one user?
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You all have one identical IP?
 
I was with SV for a bit. The estate acts as a local network with one fat pipe out to the world. For some reason that isp was horribly slow with porn sites. Meh.
 
Rickster said:
You all have one identical IP?
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yup yup, due to SV running one gateway with NAT. When initiating a PPP connection the router gets assigned an IP address in the 192.168.X.X range. Using whatismyip.com I checked in 3 different flats and the public/external IP is always the same (197.X.X.X). There is no possible way that this can be legal.
 
So, after a lot of back and forth, I have decided to bite the bullet and get a static IP from SV as this seems like the only possible solution. Luckily its only R30 a month extra (on an already overpriced connection).
 
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