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Dalek Dave15-Dec-13 22:47
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Having installed the CCTV to my property some time ago I decided to finish the task of getting in online so I can view from my work/phone etc.

So, all wired up.
Set the DNS settings on the CCTV Unit.
Installed the remote viewer on pc and phone.
Setting the DNS on Sky...FAIL

Those sunshines at Sky do not have an option for a static ip!

So, had to go get a Dynamic DNS host (I settled for No-ip.com as it is at what I consider "The Right Price", ie Free.

Back into the Sky router I go, set the ports, set the Upnp, set firewall etc.
All well and good?
No!

When setting up the Dynamic DNS Host sky does not allow you to use your own account, oh no, you have to use one from dyndns.org.
This would not be a problem except that you have to pay for that! US$25pa (About £19).
It is not the money, pennies a day for home security is not something I would be upset about.
It is the bloody principle!

Why should I not use my own choice of DNS Host?
Why should Sky dictate the terms?
And Force me into a payment rather than use a free service?

Anyway, upshot is I signed up for the dyndns.org hosting and applied it to the router.
All is well!

Well, all was going well, until I tried it and it didn't work.
Damn home address was not as I expected it to be.

Sky seem to take every accepted standard fit and change it for something weird and esoteric just out of malevolence.

Any, several hours of my Sunday wasted, but it does now mean I can sit here at work and view my CCTV feed.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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