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How does DNS work with a setup like this? I assume that ISPs generally don't want people hosting servers on residential connections.

• nick49488171 1y ago
  Plenty of dynamic DNS solutions. TP-link even has one you can set up from their app (not a endorsement, don't know if it is good or bad)
• disiplus 1y ago
  I have a fiber 2.5 gbit connection without static IP. But I run a script on the router that updates the DNS settings when the IP changes, you just have to have a DNS provider that allows you to do that and change ttl.
• rollcat 1y ago
  NAT is the hard problem. I'm tracking this one: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/11563 https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/11563 You can also talk to your ISP (or their competition). My friend negotiated something like +5€/mo for a static IP. We can play Factorio together, yay!
• Sohcahtoa82 1y ago
  Don't most ISPs hand out IPs that are only nominally dynamic? My IP is dynamic, but in practice only changes ~once/year. Even if I go to my router and release the WAN IP and reboot, when it comes back up, it'll have the same WAN IP. But then that once/year, my Internet randomly goes down and I have to reboot my router and I end up with a new WAN IP. When that happens, I just go and manually update the IP for a hostname I use. If I wanted to get fancy, I could automate all this, but meh. CBF to spend the time automating something that only takes me 30 seconds to do once/year. > I assume that ISPs generally don't want people hosting servers on residential connections. They likely don't care unless you're saturating your upload consistently. Also, some ISPs like Comcast/XFinity are known for having extremely asymmetrical connections. At least, they used to. I'm fairly certain I've heard of some people having 1 gbps down, but only like 16 mbps up.