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Live TV fail- Home address keeps changing when the IP address is reset
We use Hulu Live for TV. My gateway is having tower issues in my area. When the Gateway jumps to a tower with a stronger signal, it is changing the IP address that my Fire stick is attached to. We th...
I think there is a less complicated way to achieve what you're looking to do.
The problem is caused by the way T-Mobile assigns an external IP address. With a traditional ISP, they give a geographically local address so that Hulu, et al, can tell where you are and that you're entitled to see/read/view the content.
T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T are all whats referred to as Fixed Wireless Access. T-Mobile assigns a single range of addresses for all subscribers and it is rarely geographically located. As an example, I live in S. Florida, but my external IP resolves to Bellingham, WA.
To be honest, the only problem I've ever had with this arrangement is the NY Times which says I'm a bot. I resolved it, and I suggest you do too, with a VPN that allowed me to get a local address and put the issue to bed. I use Mullvad VPN, but any VPN that allows you to choose your server will help resolve this problem.
¡Buena suerte!
OK… maybe you guys would be so kind to dumb this down for me a bit. Today, I have (my own) Motorola MB8600 cable modem served by Xfinity. That connects via CAT5 in the usual way to my router's (ASUS AX3000) WAN port.
I'm about to move to an area with strong T-Mobile 5G signal, and since our cell phones are on a Magenta MAX+ plan I would get a good deal on the T-Mobile 5G home internet service. Like many folks, I would like to simply move the CAT-5 WAN connection from the MB8600 modem to the CAT-5 connector of the T-Mobile "trash can". Presumably (hopefully?) the "trash can" and my router could negotiate a WAN connection, and life on the LAN side of my router would go on pretty much as it had been before? I don't run any servers or need to forward inbound ports, etc on my network…. mostly just web surfing and video streaming. About the only thing I imagine that might quit working would be the DDNS client on the router that previously reported the public IP on the routers LAN port?
Would that work? Am I over-simplifying?
