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Static IP Address Question

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rickityone

Question for the day: do any of you stream using a static ip address? Do you think using a static address could improve reliability in cases where networks streams are buffering causing the stream software to have to reconnect over and over.

We are on Qwest - no other alternative - which will work perfectly for long periods of time, then seems to go through "drop storms" for days then back to good service. Our stream software loses connection and tries to reconnect, usually going through a period of "can't connect" messages - I wonder when this is happening if a million other connections are trying to reconnect, therefore slowing down reconnection times and tossing our listeners into the garbage dump of audio history.

Looking for advice.

rickity
gulchradio.com
 
For my CapitalRadio.us stream I have a static IP address for my "feed" that I send to provider Live365. This was when it drops Live365 will attempt to reconnect with the fixed address. I had tried using something like DNS2GO but when the server couldn't resolve the address it wouldn't connect. A static address is a better solution.
 
I've had the same problem when I was on A&T. The problem was that AT&T is dynamic, stating that it changes IP address every 1-10 hours for your protection. (Which is BS). When it changes addresses with your IP address, it drops your stream or web site from the net. Which means you have to reset your router again. For ISP's like AT&T, you need to purchase or buy static IP adresses indvidually from them. The problem is , they don't sell them individually, they sell them in groups which will cost 70-100 dollars additionally.
Comcast has a more advanced where there's is dynamic, but they will not drop you because of lack of any keyboard activity like AT&T does.
 
Bill DeFelice said:
For my CapitalRadio.us stream I have a static IP address for my "feed" that I send to provider Live365. This was when it drops Live365 will attempt to reconnect with the fixed address. I had tried using something like DNS2GO but when the server couldn't resolve the address it wouldn't connect. A static address is a better solution.
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Thanks for the info Bill - I enjoy your various posts.

Thanks also, Starbucks - Qwest charges an additional $5 per month to "lease" a static ip address.
 
Starbucks said:
I've had the same problem when I was on A&T. The problem was that AT&T is dynamic, stating that it changes IP address every 1-10 hours for your protection. (Which is BS). When it changes addresses with your IP address, it drops your stream or web site from the net. Which means you have to reset your router again. For ISP's like AT&T, you need to purchase or buy static IP adresses indvidually from them. The problem is , they don't sell them individually, they sell them in groups which will cost 70-100 dollars additionally.
Comcast has a more advanced where there's is dynamic, but they will not drop you because of lack of any keyboard activity like AT&T does.
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You might want to check your modem setup, mine does not disconnect every 10 hours and holds the same IP until I hang up the PPPoE connection which is whenever the router gets rebooted. Unless you are using windows media in PULL mode you do not need a static IP and even then I've been able to make it work fairly well. SHOUTcast broadcasting and other PUSH methods where your end connects to the server do not need a static IP at all.
 
I did set my modem to static, but at the time when it when AT&T was SBC.....it would change their dynamic address which would drop my site. (audio and web). It was set up where if you didn't touch a keyboard or sowed any type of current activity on the web....it would drop when ever the adress on the SBC site changed.
Even if I set it up Dynamic...it would still drop off the SBC connection. With Comcast...it doesn't do it.
 
Starbucks,

You might want to (quietly) check to see if you're actually getting a static address. AT&T (as well as SBC before the takeover) wanted to charge me extra for a fixed IP address. Adding insult to injury, they told me I couldn't connect a "server" to their service (which they considered my single-stream Shoutcast server). I ended up going with another provider, ironically enough, on the very same lines ATT/SBC uses. My current provider has no problems with my stream (in fact, I was referred to them by a terrestrial broadcaster who was using them at the time).

I'm actually pulling the plug on my webstream in mid-June, so I'll be able to drop the extra phone line and dedicated DSL line.
 
Bill...exactly were on the same frequency. They wanted (SBC) to charge me for a static IP address so my stream and site stay up continously. So I said yes...but they wanted to sell me 7 or 8 static IP address minimum. They wouldn't sell me any less when all I needed is one. So I gave them the finger and moved on to Comcast.
SBC and AT&T are set up where if you leave the internet running for a certain amount of time with no keyboard activity....their dynamic address sets in and drops you. Then you have to reset your router.
I have checked more then once if my router was set to static. It was but SBC liked to play dumb until you figured them out.
 
Bill DeFelice said:
Starbucks,


I'm actually pulling the plug on my webstream in mid-June, so I'll be able to drop the extra phone line and dedicated DSL line.
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Bill - how come you are signing off, if you don't mind me asking.

From what you all are saying about SBC/ATT maybe Qwest isn't so bad after all. Yesterday morning our stream dropped for a split second, before that it had been up for 139 hours. The Squeezbox monitor went down, but the computer listening on iTunes buffered and stayed up.

rickity
gulchradio.com
 
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