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Couldn't you just daisy chain a second router via Ethernet and use it? Bonus points for VPN-ing all of your traffic.
by gbrown 7y ago
Couldn't you just daisy chain a second router via Ethernet and use it? Bonus points for VPN-ing all of your traffic.
- the8472 7y agoDaisy-chaining routers is can severely degrade some services (gaming, p2p) due to NAT. Assuming the ISP-provided one supports PCP or UPnP-IGD you need a client on your own router that relays port forwarding configuration to the upstream router. This is possible but may need non-trival setup.
- pathseeker 7y agoPCP that allows ingress connections without an established egress connection is rarely enabled. The same applies to UPnP because of the baddies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Control_Protocol#Security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Control_Protocol#Security