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## Click Apply You can then use our https://ip.help.me.uk page to show your IP address - which should be the one we've ~~asigned~~assigned you. ==Note: Port forwarding on some 'Mobile Broadband' routers== We have reports from a few customers who are using 4G/5G mobile data routers for 'mobile broadband' that whilst they do support L2TP they do not appear to port forward the static IP on the L2TP. The web UI suggests that ~~portforwarding~~port forwarding can be configured, but this seems to only ~~portforward~~port forward the IP address on the mobile data connection and not the IP address on the L2TP connection. We suggest that customers should report this as a bug to the supplier/manufacturer of the router. This can have an impact on using our L2TP service as these routers will be restircting the capabilities (ie portporwarding). A work-around is to to a separate ethernet router on your LAN to establish the tunnel - but that involved further work... '''We suggest that customers should report this as a bug to the supplier/manufacturer of the router.''' eg, ask them "''how can I port forward the IP given to my from the L2TP VPN connection''" *This can have an impact on using our L2TP service as these routers will be restricting the capabilities (ie port forwarding). A work-around is to to a separate ethernet router on your LAN to establish the tunnel - but that involves further work...