Elk M1G monitoring service with AlarmRelay.com includes DDNS setup?

Cycling the modem is no guarantee of a new IP address. Most ISP systems will detect that the MAC address is fresh and re-assign the same IP address. You need to be off line for several hours to get a new IP.
 
I was guessing that his point was that with the router reboot, it should also auto-update the DDNS updater during boot (for the 30-day keep alive) - but I could easily be wrong.
 
Work2Play, i guess i was wrong.
I misunderstood Wuench. He/she was commenting on how to keep the update client active, but I thought the comment was about how the ISP re-issues IP based on cycling of modem or router.
But I still dont understand under what criteria the IP gets updated, a certain TTL counter?
 
I have no idea of the poster's intended message; only what I interpreted.

I know some ISP's - smaller ones, or those using PPPoE change IP quite frequently. On the other hand, Comcast used to only change for me once or twice MAX per year for me. Now I'm in a community that provides Fiber to the Home as part of our home owner's association due's and I don't believe my IP has changed in 2 years.

All that said, my main point was that some of the routers can be unreliable especially if your IP never changes; but using the windows updater client hasn't failed me yet.
 
Alright, little lost here. Can someone explain why I would need DDNS for M1 with xEP?

Apologies if this is a dumb question...
 
DDNS is used if you want to be able to control your M1 away from home. If you have one of the iPhone or Android apps, then you can pinhole the secure port that the XEP uses through your firewall then access it from anywhere. The catch is that home users almost never have static IP's (though with many ISP's the IP very rarely changes) - so instead of plugging in 207.25.61.63 into your app's setup, you'd put newalarm.dyndns.org or whatever you choose - and now even if your home IP changes, if your router or windows client is set up to update DynDNS (or whoever you choose) then you'll still always be able to access the M1 remotely.
 
AAAAhhh. Thanks for that. I was wondering about that... but been so busy with other aspects that I did not get a chance to do the research.
 
I have an appt with AlarmRelay to setup my M1 and M1XEP. Anything I should be doing ahead of time?

I did log into my router to make sure the M1XEP was connecting, I see the MAC address and an IP assigned to it. I haven't set up the DynDNS.com yet or forwarded the ports (2601, 21, 26, 80) yet. Any other ports I need to forward?
 
I have alarm relay and the HAI C3 (plus my POTS line). It is the simplest way to go. Just dont let them charge you to setup a "backup" service as the C3 performs exactly the same as your POTS line from their perspective. There is zero work for them to do for the C3 and it took some arguing with managers to explain that when I got my service.
 
i dont have my uplink 2500 yet. but when i get it hooked up and setup, they will charge $45 to set that up, vs $35 that i paid now (also $12/month additional because its a cell service.)
 
If the person setting up the Uplink knows what they're doing, it's transparent to the CS anyways, just a different service provider and porting method through a 3rd party.
 
i dont have my uplink 2500 yet. but when i get it hooked up and setup, they will charge $45 to set that up, vs $35 that i paid now (also $12/month additional because its a cell service.)
IMHO just get the C3 and get a gophone SIM off of amazon for $2. Then you just pay as you go for sevice with gophone and there is no extra charges with alarmrelay. It works flawless.
 
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