Home Internet Static IP

ghostlee13 wrote:

There's no way to configure a static IP on the gateway. 

That's technically incorrect. Policy wise this may be correct if T-Mobile set up a policy that at lower levels the tech doesn't have rights to change this. Now if T-Mobile created their own software for their routers and purposefully left out the capability to do this, then yes there wouldn't be a way (without reprogramming). Which would mean that technically they can. ISP's do this all the time and usually they do it for a small monthly fee, which would be smart from a business standpoint because then there would be more happy customers and they get more money. If they try to use the excuse that it would be too big of a headache, that would be a lie because then why would other companies offer this? It would only be an excuse so they wouldn't have to offer it. Now don't get me wrong, I love T-Mobile, but in this area for static IP's, if they want to continue great customer service that I have had for the past 5 years, they would offer this.

There's no way to configure a static IP on the gateway. 

It is dynamic. I have to reboot my Gateway at least once a week, sometimes more often. That makes me very sad. The problem for me with dynamic IP is my DirectTV Stream service uses a static IP to determine my home location. Yep, I know that is stupid, but that is what they do. So every time I reboot the Gateway, DirectTV Stream thinks I have moved. At this point they must think I live in a bus.They allow four moves in a year, then they lock you out of the max streams allowed of 20 (again, a ridiculous limit), and then cap you at two streams for another year. 

Lets socalize this and get enough subscribers to post that they want this feature.  Post this question on Nextdoor, facebook, twitter, etc and ask fellow subscribers to post that they would like this feature and see if we can get their attention.

As I understand it, no. All IPs are dynamic, firewalled and NATed.