Static IP Address Forwarding
We have a FTP site hosted by a third party. They are closing up shop and have notified us that we need to move the data from the server to another location. Simple enough except for the fact that we have the static ip address for the ftp location hard coded in some of our applications that I don't have the source code for...
I don't think we can gain ownership of the IP address used for the ftp site. We have dozens of customers that use the IP and not a host name for our FTP and there's our code that hard coded the IP address.
We have a server to host the ftp site. We use a hostname for newer code and new clients we've signed up so I can change the old IP address to the new IP address for our hostname and take care of that issue. However, what do i do about all the clients and code that accesses our ftp site by a static ip address that we won't have anymore?
Thank you for any help!
I don't think we can gain ownership of the IP address used for the ftp site. We have dozens of customers that use the IP and not a host name for our FTP and there's our code that hard coded the IP address.
We have a server to host the ftp site. We use a hostname for newer code and new clients we've signed up so I can change the old IP address to the new IP address for our hostname and take care of that issue. However, what do i do about all the clients and code that accesses our ftp site by a static ip address that we won't have anymore?
Thank you for any help!
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Thanks for the quick reply. The third party company informed us that they were actually leasing a server from another company. The company that ultimately owns the server, owns the IP addresses.
They are hosting the ftp site at their physical location but it is on a server that they are retiring. We've asked for a quote on another hosted site with them, but they are done.
I'm just not sure what to ask them to do for us in regard to the static IP address. What would you recommend that I suggest to them as a workaround?
Are those IP addresses assigned by their ISP and can they be transferred to us? I'm sorry I sound so stupid about this sort of thing. I received the email today stating their intention to turn off the server on the 8th, six days from now so I am in a panic.
Thanks again...
They are hosting the ftp site at their physical location but it is on a server that they are retiring. We've asked for a quote on another hosted site with them, but they are done.
I'm just not sure what to ask them to do for us in regard to the static IP address. What would you recommend that I suggest to them as a workaround?
Are those IP addresses assigned by their ISP and can they be transferred to us? I'm sorry I sound so stupid about this sort of thing. I received the email today stating their intention to turn off the server on the 8th, six days from now so I am in a panic.
Thanks again...
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Thank you!!
Thanks and good luck.
Do they host the ftp server at their physical location or is it at a colo?
For you services should should be able to setup something on your internal network to do outbound NAT from the old IP address to the new one. However for you customers, you need to start contacting them ASAP.