Hot take: carrier-grade NAT isn't the disaster everyone says it is

I've been running a small business on a carrier-grade NAT setup for 18 months now in Chicago and honestly haven't had the horror stories people keep warning about. We use a free dynamic DNS service and a cheap VPS tunnel for the one server that needs direct access. Has anyone else actually tried working with CGNAT instead of fighting it?

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camerony8225d ago

IPv6 tunnel with a cheap VPS is the way. Works fine for most things.

tylerlane24d ago

Remember that IPv6 tunnels add extra overhead and can break with things like streaming services or certain game consoles. I tried one with a cheap VPS a while back and had weird issues with Netflix detecting the tunnel IP. For basic browsing and SSH it works okay, but don't expect it to be flawless for everything.