There is the option of running a dedicated device like the brume from Gli.net that acts both as a server and a client at the same time. As a client it connects to your commercial VPN provider. At the same time though it also creates a VPN server of its own with those that have access to that VPN server being able to connect. All traffic that reaches the brume will be forwarded to the VPN Client part of the device.
This serves as a possibility to reach your home address without giving out your real IP. The end result is the same as if you would have a port forwarded by your VPN provider.
Anyway, perfect-privacy.com is a good service which offers port forwarding. They also have a proven track record and have been raided by law enforcement two times already, both times without finding any data (they run off RAM disks).
I was using AirVPN before Mullvad, switched to mullvad because they had no wireguard and openvpn speed sucks. I see they have wireguard now, so time to switch back.
I tested air on today. In an empty server I’m getting top speed of 100mbps… With mullvad i had 800mbps. Sounds like a crappy alternative. Looking for a VPS solution.
What about PIA? They claim court-proven zero logging and appear (on paper) to have feature parity to AirVPN. They’re also a little cheaper than AirVPN.
airvpn has its cons (awful design and not proven to not hand over data) but at least it’s like $7 with longer plans being way cheaper https://i.ibb.co/QK8kMzW/image.png
iVPN no longer offer port forwarding. I signed up with them today for the basic plan, only to be told that port forwarding only was available with the pro plan, so I thought fuckit, I’ll try the pro plan for a week (nay, 3 days) to see if it works. Immediately after upgrading I was told that port forwarding is no longer available.
I’ve applied for a refund as my service has only been active for a few hours, but… I feel this could be better communicated BEFORE someone decides to spend money.
The “heavy torrenters” here said that PF is an absolute must for good performance, let them find this fact soon, I’m sure many will come back. Any provider with mostly 1gbit servers in 2023 is not scaling things right, since any user with a 1gbit ISP line can hog the entire server.
Hmm. Maybe it would be smart to wait a couple months until the dust settles and most people have migrated already, see how each service is holding up by then and avoid any teething problems with a mass exodus. I cancelled my Nord sub earlier this year (well, more accurately, it finally ran out) and have been VPN-less for a month or so, all torrents paused and such. I can hold out a little longer to see where things are going, I guess.
i would never use VPNs DNS and insisted Mullvad adds such setting to their app which they did. Now it’s about IVPN or Windscribe. No AirVPN for me, they are horrible.
You can’t ask a refund for a free ProtonVPN.
The fact they include all services into a single package is the idea of the marketing.
Yet, billing page for Mail and VPN are different and in no way, they indicate there’s some policy that whenever you don’t like any of our products you can return your money only once.
port forwarding or port mapping is an application of network address translation (NAT) that redirects a communication request from one address and port number combination to another while the packets are traversing a network gateway, such as a router or firewall. Allows remote servers and devices on the internet to be able to access devices that are on a private network. If you are not using port forwarding, only devices on that private internal network can have access to each other or your network.
They’re ethical, and a decent company. Downsides are only 1Gbps servers (good luck to the dozens or more users on that server who have fiber at home!), and no streaming support.
it only matters if you’re seeding torrents. Some say it can affect your download speeds for older torrents, but I don’t use port forwarding and haven’t noticed anything.
