Determine when my dynamic IP address will be renewed for FIOS

[Qwiz]

Hello,

I want to determine when my dynamic, external IP address will be renewed with a new IP address (using FIOS).

I prefer to have a dynamic IP address, but I also frequently connect to my home computer via remote desktop through Hamachi.  I have finally gotten a configuration on the actiontec that will allow me to issue wake-on-lan and boot up my computer, however I need to know my external IP address to do so.   I want to avoid the headache of being at work and my IP address is renewed to a new one and I can no longer boot my computer.  If i know when a new IP address is coming I can plan ahead.

I have been running on the same IP for several days now and the router said my lease was going to last for a little under two hours.  I released and then renewed the IP address, got a new external IP, and the new lease says it only lasts two hours.  So I definitely did not have my IP address renewed every two hours earlier this week.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[lasagna · Accepted solution]

Whil you could figure out when your lease will expire, you will still have issues since you won't know when the lease will be re-issued on the same address or more importantly when Verizon might make a network change which will cause you to get a different address (including prior to a lease expiration by forcing a reload of your router).

The best way to do this is to use DynDNS or one of a variety of other dynamic DNS providers.   You install a small client on your home machine and it monitors the public facing IP of your connection and updates a DNS address for you (you can register a unique name for your address in one of their DNS domains).  The service is free (although they have add-on services you can choose to pay for if you need them, but for your purposes the free service will do the trick).

[viafax999]

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@Qwiz wrote:

Hello,

I want to determine when my dynamic, external IP address will be renewed with a new IP address (using FIOS).

I prefer to have a dynamic IP address, but I also frequently connect to my home computer via remote desktop through Hamachi.  I have finally gotten a configuration on the actiontec that will allow me to issue wake-on-lan and boot up my computer, however I need to know my external IP address to do so.   I want to avoid the headache of being at work and my IP address is renewed to a new one and I can no longer boot my computer.  If i know when a new IP address is coming I can plan ahead.

I have been running on the same IP for several days now and the router said my lease was going to last for a little under two hours.  I released and then renewed the IP address, got a new external IP, and the new lease says it only lasts two hours.  So I definitely did not have my IP address renewed every two hours earlier this week.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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It hardly ever changes but who cares anyway.

Get a DynDNS account (free) and enter the details into the router setup and then you can address by name and DynDNS will automatically update whenever the IP changes.

[lasagna]

Oh yeah ... I see the AT has a DynDNS client already on it (Advanced -> Dynamic DNS).   Setup the DynDNS account then put the account credentials and DNS address selected in that screen and set it to update on Broadband-Coax (provided your connection from your router to the ONT is via Coax) and you're good to go. 

[Hemingray]

If you're using Hamachi, there's no need to worry about your dynamic IP. Hamachi IPs are all static and work just the same no matter what your FiOS IP is.