Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
> > On 27/12/2020 14:12, David Higton wrote:
> >>
> >> If you have no idea of its IP address, then it gets somewhat harder.
> >
> > By definition on a mobile network its behind a HUGE NAT proxy. Unless
> > you are supremely lucky and you het an IPV6 address
>
> Yes that's the case for any "normal" account. In Australia there
> is/was at least one reseller offering mobile broadband accounts
> with a fixed IPv4 address, on either the Telstra or Optus networks.
> You paid for it of course, but it wasn't big $$$.
>
> Odds are that the OP isn't in Australia, so I won't bother trying to
> dig up the link. But I'm guessing that there would be similar
> options in their country if they looked hard enough. Mobile
> broadband is now used quite a bit in industry for this sort of
> thing.
>
OP here - I'm in the UK but the system this is for will be in France.
So digging out specialist providers and such is one level more
difficult than doing it 'at home'.

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Chris Green
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