I am switching my homelab internet connection over to T-Mobile Home Internet, which sits behind carrier-grade NAT. Do any of these commercial VPN services that offer dedicated IP + port forwarding add-ons like PureVPN let you port forward from a router connected via OpenVPN? Most services that offer this option seem to only allow port forwarding from a Windows endpoint running their app.
I know I can just spin up a cheap VPS and host my own VPN server, but I don’t want to worry about keeping track of bandwidth used.
I know I can just spin up a cheap VPS and host my own VPN server, but I don’t want to worry about keeping track of bandwidth used.
The obvious solution here would be to use a VPS that provides unlimited traffic. I do.
Link is provided as an example, I’m not affiliated and it’s not meant as a specific recommendation.
Mullvad VPN can provide port forwarding. But only on accounts that DO NOT have an automatic recurring subscription via PayPal or credit card. So if you pay as a top-up to your account each time the remaining time runs low, you can have port forwarding enabled.
They also seem to be more privacy orientated than most of the others. Your account is not linked to you in any way (unless you decide via certain forms of payment, although they say there are no records, but you can never trust that 100%). No email link etc. You generate an unique code on their site which becomes your account number without providing any information. When you buy access time (via 13 methods atm) it is added to your account number. I’m not familiar with all payment options but some can be anonymous (i.e. they accept BitCoin payment).
I found them when I was searching for alternatives to switch away from my existing VPN. I personally just pay via PayPal as not worried too much about the anonymity. But so far found them reliable and speeds are good.
Yes some do.
GoldenFrog did if you turn the firewall off in the control panel. (VyprVPN).
Some VPNs will even supply you a static IP you can use for hosting, or whole subnets…
That’s a fair point. Thanks for the guidance.
I guess I was asking the wrong question. Thanks for the tip.
Normally I pick a VPS provider by digging around webhostingtalk for a few minutes. I guess I should have asked here instead.
Vouch for BuyVM/FranTech, they are a smaller provider that is privacy centric.
You could also use a service like ngrok.