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Looking for information on setting up a VPS to forward traffic (piefed.zeromedia.vip)
submitted 1 week ago by guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Context:

Over the past few months, Xfinity has just been causing me so many problems with self-hosting. Not having a static ip isn't actually that much of a problem for me, I was able to set up a little docker container that automatically changes my dns records when my ip changes. However, pretty frequently, they'll reset my router/gateway's firewall configuration, which blocks basically all ipv6 traffic by default, and the other day, they even removed my port forwards while I was away, and hid my server from the port forwarding screen so I couldn't add them back until I got physical access to the server.

So, I've come to the realization that I should probably set up a VPS, since that should solve basically all of my issues. All I want is something that can forward/proxy gigabit traffic to my server, probably over something like wireguard.

To be clear, I still want all of my services to run on my server, I just want the VPS to route the traffic.

And, said VPS preferably has ipv6 in addition to ipv4 access, and gigabit download, though none of those are strict requirements.

Questions:

Are there any issues or limits with this setup that I'm not considering?

Is there a better solution?

Assuming the previous Q's are fine:

What's a good VPS provider for this?

What software should I use to actually do the forwarding/proxying?

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[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You already got a bunch of answers here, but I just want to narrow down on this part:

However, pretty frequently, they'll reset my router/gateway's firewall configuration, which blocks basically all ipv6 traffic by default, and the other day, they even removed my port forwards while I was away, and hid my server from the port forwarding screen so I couldn't add them back until I got physical access to the server.

I cannot express enough how much you need to stop using their router/modem. Its going to cost more, you have no control, they are undoubtedly using the built in AP to sniff data about devices around, etc, etc, etc.

Friends don't let friends use ISP provided hardware. Especially if Comcast gave it to you. Please get your own.

I recommend a modem, a router, and preferably the AP as entirely separate devices.

Good luck and have fun

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Good call. The only thing I need/want from my ISP is the cable coming into the house. Everything else is off limits.

[–] guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ohhh trust me, I know, I still live with my parents and they have no understanding of how vile corporations can be. They simply don't want to use anything other than the ISP bullshit because they think it'll be worse, and that the higher price means higher quality. :/

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I still live with my parents and they have no understanding of how vile corporations can be

As a septuagenarian, it's really not their fault as much as the era they were most likely grew up in. We were taught to trust cops, governments, corporations, etc because these organizations had our best interest at heart. wink - wink

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 8 points 1 week ago

Oh no.

They are Comcast's favorite kind of people - exploitable.

Good luck!

[–] Buck@jlai.lu 4 points 1 week ago

I just want to put it out there: in some countries, you literally can’t not use the ISP provided modem, and for my needs, the best I can do is put mine behind theirs, but I cannot remove theirs from the equation.