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Anyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lol(lemmy.world)

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Sunrosa@lemmy.world
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I have like 3 spare laptops, and another spare computer. I’m not running anything right now because this router doesn’t support port forwarding no matter what I try (it’s a firmware issue apparently), but they’re always there for me when I need them.

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cat@lemmy.world
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You could maybe rent a cheap VPS and use that as a reverse proxy. Using Tailscale to create a VPN tunnel so you don’t need port forwarding

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Sunrosa@lemmy.world
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I’m really poor and hate paying for things monthly. I had been asking my friends though if I could use their networks through tunnels, but no one was able to understand what I meant enough to be able to help. They would have to know how to set up SSH.

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kucing@lemmy.world
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Any way to use other firmware? My shitty ISP is giving private IP address, so I just use tailscale instead.

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Sunrosa@lemmy.world
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That’s the whole thing. I was on CGNAT, and decided to pay $10 monthly to fix it and get a public ip. But NOW I find out the fucking router doesn’t even work. It’s apparently this exact model that has the issue. And only this one. I don’t know if I could replace the firmware.

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