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At what level do ISPs control ports?
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this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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They do that upstream, so there's nothing you can do on your router to change that.
One solution I've used in the past is run hoppy.network to get a public IP (it's basically a VPN). Then your home computer has all ports open on that IP, since everything goes through an encrypted tunnel.
hoppy.network seems like a very expensive Wireguard provider ($8/month for 1TB@100mbit). For that purpose one can spend half that for a VPS with gigabit speeds, even a quarter that during promotions. That provides the same services plus whatever else you can fit to it. What am I missing that they provide?
I like supporting small business. 🙂
Also, depending on the VPS provider, you might get a lot of sites blocked. When I ran a VPN on Digital Ocean I couldn't access USPS, OpenAI, imgur, and couldn't leave comments on YouTube. I assume because of too many bots running on DO.
Thanks! I'll look into that