I called my ISP today to set up a static IP because my services keep being taken down from my IP changing. I either need a business plan or a 5-10gbps residential plan to do that…

I cannot get on the business plan without a valid Business ID so that’s not an option. And no way in hell I’m paying for those speeds.

Anyone have any alternatives to stop this from happening so often? My public IP seems to change regularly every 2-3 weeks and it’s getting pretty frustrating having to reconfigure things. I only have 2 ISPs in my area and they are both terrible. I assume I’m out of luck, but maybe there’s some tech magic I’m unaware of.

  • stratself@lemdro.idEnglish
    2·
    4 hours ago

    Since nobody mentioned, I recommend https://desec.io/ as the DNS provider. Has a good REST API to update records, also provides a dedyn.io dynamic domain, and runs as a nonprofit. I think ddclient will also support it natively in the next release as well.

    The solution of renting a VPS also works but usually incurs some cost. You might also want to look into Cloudflare Tunnels

  • solrize@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    5 hours ago

    Proxy through a VPS, or use dynamic DNS if you don’t mind occasionally waiting for TTL expiration when your address suddenly changes. You can set it to 1 minute and that often works these days (it didn’t always).

    Will your ISP give you a static IPv6 block? It’s v4 that’s scarce, but if it’s just for your own stuff and you aren’t worried about users on old v4-only networks, it’s fine to just use pure v6.

    If you want a super cheap VPS with static ipv6 and NAT v4, try tierhive.com.

  • worhui@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 hours ago

    That is a bit crazy if you are in the US. There is no ‘business Id’ just say you are a sole proprietorship, meaning the business is just you, no corporation structure or anything like that and you are dba, doing business as, and your name.

    That is how you technically describe yourself when you are a business when you are a person.

    Your tax id number would just be your social security number.

    It’s legal to transact business as a person.

  • SGG@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 hours ago

    I use duckdns.org and then make use of CNAME records pointed at the duckdns record for my own domain name/subdomains.

    My router (unifi device) keeps duck DNS up to date with my changing IP, but there’s lots of ways to get that done.

    You could consider tailnet or similar as well?

  • Guiorgy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    12 hours ago

    Either use a dynamic DNS service, as many others have mentioned and probably easiest, or, assuming you only want yourself to have access to the services, another option is to use something like Tailscale or a WireGuard/FRP instance in a static VPS as the rendezvous point.

    I was flat out rejected by my ISP to have a static IP, though I only had it changed once since I started hosting services, so ahatever.

    • Kaul@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      13·
      15 hours ago

      Ok great, this sounds exactly like what I’m looking for. Have seen the term DDNS used before but didn’t know it was for this. Thanks!

      • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        12 hours ago

        If your domain registrar doesn’t do DDNS, and you don’t want to pay extra for one that does, you can get free DNS for life at Hurricane Electric:

        https://dns.he.net/

        All you need to do is finish their little online IPv6 course. TBH the “course” is just setting up your own server properly and proving it.

        • Maya S. Trojan@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          7 hours ago

          It’s one of the features I love about Njalla for domains the most.

          You don’t even need a ddns service because they support updating through simple https calls.

          So I have a super tiny script that basically checks the WAN IP through ipify, then checks that against the routers current WAN IP, and if they match it does nothing and ends, but if its different, it sends out a curl with the new IP. I have it running every few minutes in a cronjob. It’s actually technically my service with the most uptime according to healthchecks.io.

    • Fiskr@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      13 hours ago

      Have had this setup running for at least 5 years, works flawlessly, and running it in a docker container meant all I had to when moving to a new homeserver was copy the config file

  • Kwdg@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    29·
    16 hours ago

    I think the default solution for this is to use a dynamic dns. There are services for that or you can get yourself a domain and configure that as dnydns in your router. That is what I am doing atleast

      • herrvogel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        13 hours ago

        Still kinda is. Some devices might not be able to connect to your tailnet. You might be trying to reach your devices from a device that isn’t on your VPN. The funnel might work, if you can work within its limitations.

  • kalpol@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    12 hours ago

    I run pfsense with dyndns and a short TTL. It updates my DNS provider instantly when the gateway IP changes. For mail I got a cheap vps running pfsense again, tunneling back home via Wireguard and haproxy to link up connections. It is very stable and not as hard to set up as it sounds (and cheap).

  • StrawberryPigtails@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    9·
    14 hours ago

    I solved it with a cheap VPS running Caddy as a reverse proxy and a Tailscale connection back to my home server.

    I think Tailscale has a service called Tailscale Serve which may work around a frequently changing ip as well. Not sure though as I haven’t looked into it much.

    • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      13 hours ago

      Why not run just the VPN on the VPS instead of opening everything directly?

      • StrawberryPigtails@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        13 hours ago

        Not sure I understand. The VPN (Tailscale) is on the VPS.

        I have several very technically challenged family members that wanted to use a couple of the services that I host. Doing it this way simplifies the setup and the tech support calls. The VPS, or rather a domain name that leads to the VPS, is how they access those services.

        I have Tailscale setup on all my personal devices, so I generally just connect directly to the services.

    • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      100% recommend tailscale. I have it set up so that IPs from three different data centers for work and my home are all routed properly, so I never have to do anything special to connect to anything. It’s like super simple and amazing.