* On 2023 15 Dec 11:47 -0600, KJ7SOY wrote: > Rick: > > The problem is not dynamic IP addresses changing. That’s easy to fix. > It’s CG-NAT (Carrier Grade Network Address Translation), which doesn’t > give you an external world addressable IP address. You can’t assign a > DDNS name because you don’t HAVE an IP address to map to. Many > carriers (T-Mobile is a perfect example) are now using this approach, > which blocks customers from getting to their devices/services from > outside their home networks. > > The only solution is to use a commercial tunneling VPN or a free > service like ngrok, which creates a permanent tunnel to external > servers which DO have addressable IP addresses.
I faced such a dilemma some years back when it looked as though we would need to rely on a cellular router for an ISP. Fortunately, that didn't become a permanent solution. My solution was setting up an AWS instance to which I set up a reverse SSH tunnel from home and then I could SSH to it from elsewhere and connect to the reverse tunnel. Conceptually it's somewhat like a VPN only it had some manual steps in place. I now have a similar setup from a Raspberry Pi running AllStar at a repeater site that connects to a local system and sets up an SSH reverse tunnel end point. I did try to set up a Wire Guard VPN a few years back but had no luck Perhaps I need to revisit that idea since things have had a few years to mature, including me! 73, Nate, N0NB -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
