Post B2opbfCZG8gPjMsO9Y by sunbeam_rider@shitposter.world
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(DIR) Post #B2oXRzLzgJ2QA0WRHs by b0rk@social.jvns.ca
2026-01-30T15:04:04Z
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i'm curious about what it's like to be behind a CGNAT (where you share a single IPv4 address with many other people). are you in that situation? are they any downsides?
(DIR) Post #B2oXS0zNbM8ZERxPJg by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2026-01-30T15:07:30.587Z
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@b0rk@social.jvns.ca If you have ever used internet using a 4G or 5G connection you have already used CGNAT. So it's like using a phone, can't do much.
(DIR) Post #B2oXoocDlvmpW5zsX2 by sunbeam_rider@shitposter.world
2026-01-30T15:11:45.593217Z
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@b0rk It sucks
(DIR) Post #B2oZR0lZ90K69y93XU by b0rk@social.jvns.ca
2026-01-30T15:15:15Z
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@SuperDicq yea that's part of why I'm curious about it, I feel like I don't notice that much of a difference between mobile browsing on my phone and on my home internet
(DIR) Post #B2oZR1ZY9AJ0ezWyRs by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2026-01-30T15:29:47.639Z
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@b0rk@social.jvns.ca Well, there is no difference if all you're doing is visiting websites. That's the whole idea of CGNAT.It just sucks when you want to do anything beyond that.
(DIR) Post #B2og0Ag4svTalBj7jM by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2026-01-30T16:43:21.775333Z
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@aetios @SuperDicq @b0rk It makes hosting things on that connect impossible - you need to tunnel to a non-broken connection via wireguard, or protocols like tor, i2p or GNUnet.
(DIR) Post #B2opbdvA1NAHl5iyNk by b0rk@social.jvns.ca
2026-01-30T15:13:09Z
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@sunbeam_rider would love to hear some examples of things that happens! I'm trying to explain why it sucks
(DIR) Post #B2opbfCZG8gPjMsO9Y by sunbeam_rider@shitposter.world
2026-01-30T18:31:02.729057Z
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@b0rk sorry I just hate it so much it clouds my judgement. In my experience:I come across that cloudflare page "verifying you're a human" a lot. Same for captchas.I'm a gamer, and can't play via P2P a lot of games I'd like to play, for example I couldn't play Red Alert 3 coop with a friend, later ok we wanted to play EYE Divine Cybermancy, same issue.Used to have a headless PC I would turn on for mumble, later on became a home server. Had to move to a VPS when I was moved to a CGNAT.My experience is hardly unique tbh. I do have an IPv6 address, but I think most software (game servers mainly) don't seem to support it or I don't really know how hosting on IPv6 works for my services to be accessible to the wider internet?
(DIR) Post #B2orLWfrOePeYf0hhQ by b0rk@social.jvns.ca
2026-01-30T18:44:36Z
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@sunbeam_rider thanks, this all exactly the kind of thing I was interested in hearing about