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

turingway
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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?

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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?

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Internet Connection Type:  PPPoE

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?

turingway
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bthomehub@btbroadband.com 
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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.

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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).

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To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP

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.

XRaySpeX
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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.

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To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP