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Exposing a port to the internet is a huge pain nowadays. You never know if it is going to work, and even if it works it is incredibly flaky. What's changed is t
by perryizgr8 2y ago
Exposing a port to the internet is a huge pain nowadays. You never know if it is going to work, and even if it works it is incredibly flaky. What's changed is that a lot of ISPs are using double NAT or CGNAT now, which wasn't as common before. Which means router based DDNS will simply not work. On top of that every single router I've used is extremely unpredictable about respecting uPNP or whatever. So for most people a tailscale vpn or cloudflare tunnel is the best option.
- GaryNumanVevo 2y agoExactly, my old ISP and current ISP both use double NAT. I literally tried calling to get a level 2 tech to get them to reconfigure my modem to use bridge mode.
- ssl-3 2y agoIt depends on the situation. In my situation at home, port forwarding is stupid-simple and just works. My ISP does not saddle me with CGNAT (or any other form of NAT). I don't use UPnP. I have a real (dynamic, but just-for-me and almost never changing) IPv4 address to use, and I simply use it. It works predictably. It works reliably. It is not even a little bit flaky. There is no voodoo involved. And it doesn't require me to teach my elderly mother how to use Tailscale with her Roku STB. (I recognize that others may have different situations. But the existence of different situations doesn't mean that one must declare a particular solution to be the "best", does it? KISS.)