It's a volunteer job for a non-profit agency that helps developmentally disabled people. I'm glad to donate my services, but this fiasco that started when the ISP changed the static IP address without warning, the day before a big fundraiser, and I was out of town at a funeral with my cell phone turned off, so the agency people tried to fix it themselves - big mistake. I only slept a couple of hours last night, and I was looking forward to a nap today. Fortunately, after a lot of experience installing Linux servers, it didn't take to long to get the vital services restored.
couldn't you setup a router to use a static ip for them?