Comment on Port Forwarding Alternative?
Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 1 year agoCloudflare Tunnels also work really well and turnkey for CGNAT restricted networks though. I used to have and love a simple WireGuard setup but one day the ISP can just change their structure and then you need some kind of end run around those. Tailscale works but it’s also not really a pure selfhosted solution either. Eventually you need some kind of offsite relationship afaik whether it’s a VPS or cloudflare. And cloudflare Just Works.
dan@upvote.au 1 year ago
Decent ISPs that use CGNAT should also have IPv6 available, which doesn’t use NAT at all.
You can self-host Tailscale by using the open-source Headscale project.
Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I’m behind CGNAT with months between IPv6 prefix changes. Having a separate publicly routable IP for each host is awesome.
Tailscale causes heavy battery drain on my phone (Pixel 4a GrapheneOS) so I’m now on always on plain Wireguard, which only needs 1% of my battery.
Sadly my mother doesn’t have IPv6, so accessing e.g. Jellyfin is not possible.