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Determine my current IP address - remotely
20-05-2014 10:13 PM
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Some background; I am currently in France. Before I left I set up remote desktop access to my PC, without realising that after changing my ISP over the christmas period that I neglected to ensure that the connection had a static IP, like my old connection did. I tested RDP, worked fine from home using my phone as an externally routed connection on a different device - of course, on reaching France my home network IP address had changed and I can no longer connect.
I logged onto the members section and paid the £5 to get a static IP - of course I have to restart my router for this to take effect, but being in France that's not an option. I hoped that the same mechanism that re-leased my dynamic IP in the 24 hours between the my testing and getting to France would re-lease my IP to the static one, but this doesn't appear to have happened.
I've raised a ticket with support but haven't had a reply in over 26 hours, so I thought I'd throw my question to the crowd so to speak.
Is there any way to reset my connection remotely, or to determine the current IP address being used, by logging onto the plusnet members section? I'd be happy to either have the connection reset so that the static IP becomes the currently used IP address, or just to be given the IP address of the current connection (either way I'd be able to RDP in, and from there access the router and force a reboot and so set the static IP, and also set the router to have a remote control by http (something I negletced to set up while i was at home) allowing much more dynamic control over the router/IP settings).
When I log onto the "connection details" section of the plusnet members section, the IP address section states "server assigned" rather than stating the actual IP. I know what the static IP address will be, but I have no way of determining the current IP address.
Any help would be gratefully accepted - and I'm aware of the many different solutions I could have enabled in hindsight - DynDNS, having a static IP from the start etc - they're just not something I can enable from this end. All I really need is the current IP address of my network, or to reset the connection remotely to force the static IP to come into play...
Re: Determine my current IP address - remotely
21-05-2014 12:03 AM
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Re: Determine my current IP address - remotely
21-05-2014 12:35 AM
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Like I said though, no real immediate requirement, it's just so I can piddle about with my PC while I'm away, maybe play some dwarf fortress on a decent CPU

Re: Determine my current IP address - remotely
21-05-2014 9:19 AM
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To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead - Thomas Paine
Re: Determine my current IP address - remotely
21-05-2014 9:28 AM
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If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
Re: Determine my current IP address - remotely
21-05-2014 9:30 AM
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21-05-2014 9:57 AM
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All up and running now, cheers.
Re: Determine my current IP address - remotely
23-05-2017 11:57 AM
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How did you achieve this?
Thanks
Re: Determine my current IP address - remotely
23-05-2017 12:02 PM
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We can force a disconnection on the line from here if you like?
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