Hah, made you look!!
I've opened a small depot in a NI Enterprise Agency park and we got broadband installed. The Enterprise Agency has sub-contracted the broadband management to a third party IT company.
This IT company have hidden our computers/router behind 'their' firewall and they've given me an 'internal' IP address. I've installed an internet camera because the stock is valuable and the depot is not manned full-time. The camera works fine within the NI office but the IT company won't tell me what my 'external' IP address is.
They've no problem with the internet camera but they want approx €250 to set up a VPN for me. I don't want VPN (€250!); just my 'real' IP address.
Two questions:
1. Is this fair?
2. Is there a 'half-way house' between the current situation and a VPN? I'm open to creative suggestions.
I've opened a small depot in a NI Enterprise Agency park and we got broadband installed. The Enterprise Agency has sub-contracted the broadband management to a third party IT company.
This IT company have hidden our computers/router behind 'their' firewall and they've given me an 'internal' IP address. I've installed an internet camera because the stock is valuable and the depot is not manned full-time. The camera works fine within the NI office but the IT company won't tell me what my 'external' IP address is.
They've no problem with the internet camera but they want approx €250 to set up a VPN for me. I don't want VPN (€250!); just my 'real' IP address.
Two questions:
1. Is this fair?
2. Is there a 'half-way house' between the current situation and a VPN? I'm open to creative suggestions.