Comment on Port Forwarding Alternative?

PeachMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• denast@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My copied answer to other user in this thread:

  I’m in US. My ISP Xfinity provides their own router and has decided their users are too stupid to use router settings so they purged port forwarding settings from the router firmware altogether. Now you have to use their mobile application which doesn’t allow you to make port forwarding rules for a specific IP (because again, they think their user is an idiot that can’t figure out IP numbers), instead it just gives you a list of devices and you have to select one to create a port forwarding rule. Wired devices are not on that list.

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  • doubletwist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure you can make them set the modem/router to bridge mode and run your own router. If it’s cable, you can also buy your own non-router cable modem, then use whatever router you like behind it.

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    • lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you want non-crippled mid-split, you have to use their gear for now. That’s the main reason I haven’t switched. I want that 200 upload, but I refuse to put their box in my house.

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