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Discussion on: How to Set up an SSH Server on a Home Computer

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Mohammad Aziz

My broadband provider has provided me with private IP. I checked my IP at whatsmyip.org, which is different from the IP showing at my details WAN. Do I have to buy a public IP from them or I can buy that from anyone else?

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Conner

yo wtfismyip.com is way better alternative

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Julian Marcos

IP getting

Some options

DDNS ( Dynamic Domain Name Service )

A popular example is Duckdns, or FreeDNS, these services let your server make a request and get one of their subdomains point to you instead of using an IP address