What OS (Operating System) do you use?

[Enforcer]

Re: What OS (Operating System) do you use?

Now using windows blue 8.1 to post. Really good better than windows 8. Found network printer straight away. Synced kindle, found google drive with my e mail address, can't fault it.

[SXGuy]

Re: What OS (Operating System) do you use?

yes i agree, if systems connected via the network break when your i.p is renewed then its not set up right.

And without knowing all details, and configs, i wouldnt even begin to know where to start to fix it.

[pooky2483]

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I would have thought you should have your printer set up to work via the internal network IP allocated by your router, which you should able to set to not change. Rather than by using your external IP, which obviously will.

If your external IP changing breaks the printer setup, then sounds like something is wrong somewhere.

I'm not sure how to set anything regarding my IP addresses either internal or external as it is something I have <never> bothered with before as I have never needed to.

[Riz]

Re: What OS (Operating System) do you use?

I would have thought you should have your printer set up to work via the internal network IP allocated by your router, which you should able to set to not change. Rather than by using your external IP, which obviously will.

If your external IP changing breaks the printer setup, then sounds like something is wrong somewhere.

[pooky2483]

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Why not, as Virgin keep rotating my IP Address, I have to keep rebooting my whole set-up so I can reconnect to my wireless printer.

[Riz]

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You don't really need one from what you have said.

SXGuy meant if you needed to run a VPN on your home system/network.

But that is not what you would need to do. Instead you would be subscribing to one run by someone else, and using that to route traffic through. No need for a static IP on your part.

[pooky2483]

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Just got off the phone to Virgin and the only way I can get a static IP Address from them is to open up a Business Account...
Or phone the Digital Home Support at a charge...

Stuff that

[pooky2483]

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Really? naughty virgin, im with virgin and i have a fixed i.p address, you can telephone and ask them to change it to a static i.p, im not sure if they charge for this, but they dont for me.

Failing that, there are websites where you can use dynamic i.p addresses to resolve fixed DNS addresses, bit long winded though.

Thanks, I'll try that, I'm on the phone to local Council at the mo' (on hold) trying to chase up a letter I sent them and want to check they have got it.

[SXGuy]

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yes thats true, sorry i wasnt thinking about anonnymous VPN doh!

[Riz]

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I'm on Virgin if that makes any difference?

Not really.

You would need to connect to a VPN run by someone else to anonymise your traffic.

A quick google brings up plenty of articles such as this.

Five Ways to Download Torrents Anonymously

[SXGuy]

Re: What OS (Operating System) do you use?

Really? naughty virgin, im with virgin and i have a fixed i.p address, you can telephone and ask them to change it to a static i.p, im not sure if they charge for this, but they dont for me.

Failing that, there are websites where you can use dynamic i.p addresses to resolve fixed DNS addresses, bit long winded though.

[pooky2483]

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virgin has probably given you a fixed i.p address if your using fibre optic broadband, which means you could run your own vpn from home.

Virgin cycle the IP address about every month as I keep losing my wireless printer and have to keep rebooting everything

Oh, and I know what a VPN <is> but have not got a clue how to set one up....

[SXGuy]

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virgin has probably given you a fixed i.p address if your using fibre optic broadband, which means you could run your own vpn from home.

Dont forget, if you do use tor to annonymise surfing, dont EVER use usual login/pass details via it for websites, and never check usual email addresses through it, they will all link back to you.

My advise would be to create new email accounts and site accounts while inside the tor network and only access them during tor sessions.

[pooky2483]

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From the little I've picked up, if you truly want to anonymise traffic via BT then a paid VPN service is the way.

I'm on Virgin if that makes any difference?

[Riz]

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You shouldn't really be using tor to route traffic for a bittorrent client either. It's not intended for that, and would be dreadfully slow I would imagine.

Tor is designed to anonymise web surfing and other low volume traffic.

Can't say I would trust any blocklist, and it wouldn't stop your IP being given out by the tracker or shared between connected clients.

From the little I've picked up, if you truly want to anonymise traffic via BT then a paid VPN service is the way.