Faith Defender

Good afternoon everybody, first post here. Firstly - I know this must be a very regular question from newbies like myself, I do appreciate that it may be annoying. I have before anyone asked, googled this question, but I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing. Here goes: So I have got a Sunluxy H.264 8 Channel DVR running 4 Cams. I have after lot's of fiddling about managed to access my camaras from my phone or another computer anywhere via the internet, but the IP address I use to access keeps changing? I understand I need to stop my IP address from being Dynamic to Static, but how do I do this? From Google, I keep getting linked to DynDNS although I believe that is no longer free. I use Sky Broadband on a Sky router if that is any help. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Frazer.

It's a Sky router.

I might just buy a DynDNS account then, how easy is it to set up?

Sky do not allow a service for a static IP. Sky only have an option in router settings for DynDNS, but I believe I can not do this for free.

This is what I currently have, my DVR is hooked to the router via an Ethernet cable, and I have opened Port 60001 (Which the DVR told me it was using) I can access my Cams by going to http:// MY.I.P.ADDRESS:60001 - but that's the problem, my IP Address is changing almost daily and the only way I can retrieve my IP address when out is if my partner is in. It's not how I want it.

As far as I can read, Sky do not offer a static IP, monthly fee or not. Sky also, do not allow any router to be used other than their own, they do have a DynDNS service, but DynDNS is no longer free, nor can you have an account for longer than 14 days without paying. Those who did register before the change in 2013, can use the free account if they log in monthly. What about this No-IP, I'm assuming it can't get my dynamic IP from the Router, but rather a computer let's say - which has to be on 24/7? Frazer.