IP Address
Flexible IP Solutions to Meet the Needs of Mobile Workforces
With networking needs constantly changing, you need wireless IP options that are flexible enough to support your unique IP requirements and will allow you to extend your software applications wirelessly to improve employee productivity. Through AT&T custom IP addressing, we can help you deploy an IP configuration to your mobile devices on the industry-leading AT&T GPRS/EDGE network.
The Benefits of AT&T Custom IP Addressing
The use of custom IP addressing solutions allows you to tailor your company's wireless IP solution to meet the security and IP addressing requirements of your applications.
With all custom solutions, you get to specify the type of connection between your network and the AT&T network. Choose between a direct Frame Relay connection and a secure Internet connection, depending on your data security requirements. From there, choose the custom IP option that works best for you:
Private IP addresses: This is the default IP addressing solution on the AT&T Data network.
Public IP addresses: Public IP addresses can be dynamically assigned or assigned from a designated range of addresses for a specific business.
Static IP addresses: Business-critical applications that require a fixed IP address can now take advantage of AT&T static IP addresses.
Customer-provided IP addresses: If you decide to provide your own Public IP address block for your mobile data configuration, you will essentially extend your company's local area network to include the AT&T network. This allows for simpler firewall configuration, as well as mobile device identification.
Additional Custom Capabilities
In addition to specifying the type of IP addresses assigned to the mobile devices and the connectivity method, custom IP solutions can also provide data traffic flow control benefits as well as mobile device management.
These solutions include:
- Restricting general Internet access
- Allowing or disallowing mobile terminated data
| Pricing Structure | ||
|---|---|---|
| One-Time Setup Charge | Monthly Service Charge | |
| Private IPs - dynamically assigned | No charge | No charge |
| Public IPs - dynamically assigned* | $500 | No charge |
| Static Public IPs | $500 | $3 per static IP address |
| Dynamic Public IPs | $500 | No charge |
| Customer - provided public IPs* | None | None |
| Custom APN setup | $500 | None |
* Custom APN required.
Determining the right IP solution.
The following questions are included to help you understand the requirements for choosing the appropriate IP management solution.
What type of application will be used?
This determines the degree of customization necessary, and whether IP addresses are:
- Private versus public
- Dynamic versus static
- From a specified range, and if so, whether AT&T or the user supplies the range
- Mobile device identification
What level of service is required between the user's network and the AT&T network?
This determines the approach for fixed-end connectivity. GPRS allows communications via the Internet. In addition, AT&T offers the Commercial Connectivity Service, which includes a Frame Relay Permanent Virtual Circuit connection between your corporate network and the AT&T network.
What are the security requirements?
This determines the following:
- Whether the network allows mobile terminated communications or mobile to mobile communication
- Whether the network allows communication with the Internet
- The allowed range of IP addresses of hosts on external networks
These questions should be discussed with your AT&T account team to make the right decision to ensure that your application is optimized for the AT&T network.
