Subj : Re: I'm back!
To   : Arelor
From : boraxman
Date : Fri May 06 2022 18:28:40

-=> Arelor wrote to Ogg <=-

 Ar>   Re: I'm back!
 Ar>   By: Ogg to ACMEBBS on Thu May 05 2022 08:28 am

 > Hello ACMEBBS!
 >
 > ** On Tuesday 03.05.22 - 23:43, ACMEBBS wrote to All:
 >
 >  A> Just wanted to tell everyone "Hi"! Not running the BBS
 >  A> anymore, due to my provider (TMobile) not allowing port
 >  A> forwarding & such to run a board. Got tons of speed/no caps
 >  A> & such Comcrap/others have put up on us since 2016.
 >
 > There are ways around it. Open your ISP-provided router as DMZ.
 > Then feed that to a router of your choice were you can control
 > the ports.

 Ar> That does not work if your router is behind a DS-Lite stack or a CGNAT
 Ar> or any of the other cost-cutting techniques budget ISPs use. You simply
 Ar> don't have an Internet routable IP with those things so people cannot
 Ar> connect to your board from the outside.

 Ar> Some budget providers will forward ports for you over their
 Ar> monstruosity of a deployment but don't take that for granted.

 Ar> --
 Ar> gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken

Won't IPV6 solve this issue, in that we will all have routable IP's?  I'm
really worried about not being able to have a routable IP in the future. 
Luckily my ISP does offer that.

 
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