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Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

turingway — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 23:44:24 GMT

Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now? I am a bit confusing now. also if not IPv4, do you have IPv6 public ip?

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

Mustrum — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 23:58:00 GMT

@turingway What do you mean by a public ip? If you mean a static ip, then no.

EE has been part of the BT Group for about 10 years, but like Plusnet operates as an independent ISP.

Recent changes have meant that EE. Focus on residential customers, whilst BT focus on business customers.

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

XRaySpeX — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:03:48 GMT

The public external IPs issues to its BB users is dynamic, not static. That means it can potentially change every time the line re-syncs.

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

turingway — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:30:13 GMT

but is it public, even is dynamic? I cannot seem to use the port forwarding service with my new installed EE network

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

turingway — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:33:43 GMT

or does EE use CGNAT?

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

Mustrum — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:37:24 GMT

@turingway it might be better if you were to explain what you are trying to do, and show us a pic of your port forwad settings.

Which router do you have?

Do you have a rule for each port? Or are you trying to group more than one pert per rule?

EE Home broadband does not use CGNAT. That is used on mobile services.

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

turingway — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:48:38 GMT

can we host a server at home and access it when we are not at home?

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

XRaySpeX — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:33:06 GMT

@turingway : Yes, with the right router. You've said nowt about your circumstances.

You would need a router that supports both DDNS & Port Forwarding. The latest EE routers don't support DDNS.

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

XRaySpeX — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:10:56 GMT

Yes, I've just said so.

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

Mustrum — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:23:11 GMT

@turingway wrote:

can we host a server at home and access it when we are not at home?

Seems your post got moved from the other thread.

In answer, you can if you know what you are doing and if you have a suitable router.

However as already said, ip addresses are dynamic, meaning they can change every time your router resynchs so you would need to do more that port forward some ports.

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

turingway — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:06:45 GMT

I mean we need a public ip address to do port forward and access I think? so I guess it is my circumstances. Now if the router doesn't support,

Do you know how can I get connected with my own router? I plugin the WAN but it doesn't work directly

I got those information to fill, not sure where can I find?

Enter the Internet connection information needed or contact your service provider for assistance.

VLAN ID: Enable

VLAN ID:

Dynamic IP Static IP L2TP PPTP

Internet Connection Type: PPPoE

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

turingway — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:10:30 GMT

not really, it is about the public ip with that I can host a server? and I have my own router, would you mind guiding us how to set things up with own router please?

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

turingway — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:30:41 GMT

bthomehub@btbroadband.com
BT (or leave blank)

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

XRaySpeX — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:36:18 GMT

In Using & Configuring a Third Party Router you'll find everything you need to set up your router incl. the BB PPPoE creds. which are now the same as BT's.

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

XRaySpeX — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:46:12 GMT

I don't understand why you keep on about a public IP. Of course, you always get a public IP. You wouldn't be able to get on the Internet without one, regardless of whether you needed to Port Forward or not. Everybody is given a public IP when they go on the Internet. Your public IP is issued to you by your ISP from blocks of IPs that it holds & has registered with a central registration authority, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

Blair287 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 23:47:06 GMT

That is incorrect. If they use CGNAT you would not be able to access a self hosted server from outside your network without work arounds, you are assigned a private Ip and share public Ip with other users.

Re: Does EE offer a public ip (I thought BT does), is BT and EE the same company now

XRaySpeX — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:13:07 GMT

But, @Blair287 : EE doesn't employ CGNET on its Home BB network. So you do get a unique (sticky dynamic) public IP which could be addressed from outside.