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WAN Setting - WAN Connection Type

TexasDave

Occasional Visitor
Hello,

I just swapped over to a new ISP. They are fibre and based in the UK (Gigaclear). They use CGNAT so I have been having to sort some issues out as I host a few services.

Pretty much everything is sorted and I learned some new stuff along the way (CloudFlare Tunnels, TailScale, ...).

I requested and now have a static IP. Now for my question:

There is a section under WAN titled "WAN Connection Type". Right now I have it set to "Automatic IP". All works fine. I am guessing it works fine as dies not know it is static and just thinks it is an automatic IP and stuff just happens to work. And I am guessing it will keep working fine.

But there is an option to set it to "Static IP". When I do that, I would need to fill in some information.

IP Address: My new static IP
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (I think)
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (my modem IP?) - not sure here...

See attached screenshots.

My questions:
  1. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to updating this setting?
  2. How do I figure out what to fill in the slots if I do change it?
Thanks for any input...probably a very basic question. I appreciate any advice.

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In the UK, if it's not a PPPoE connection then Automatic IP is recommended. So stuck with that.
The Gateways are not what you're thinking. The gateway is your ISP's remote connection to the internet spine, not a local modem. So unless they give you the gateway address (not 192.168.x.x) then don't try static - a whole world of wasted time.
 
I appreciate the help. My thinking was that all was working well so why mess with it.

But then my OCD kicks in and I find that setting and want to get it "right". :-)

Sounds like it is best to leave it be - Thanks!
 

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