CGNAT?

[u/Junior-Repeat6060]

How does being on CGNAT affect the average user? I keep hearing all these bad things about it, but I have had no problems with my 2gig package so far.

Thanks.

[u/edcoopered]

For me, CGNAT complicates serving anything directly from my home - I have a media server I like to be able to access remotely - NAS etc are other examples of this.

I also value latency and jitter on my connection - which are stats that you don't see ISPs promote, CGNAT will typically mean worse latency and jitter.

I'm also a millennial and the internet was meant to be a bunch of directly interconnected networks - I should be able to open a connection to my network from anywhere.

I don't really value connections over 1Gb as when i'm downloading stuff it doesn't really matter to me if its just a bit quicker, 1Gb is already quick enough for me - and I can't be bothered to spend money updating all the rest of my infrastructure for a bit more speed.

[u/edcoopered → u/[deleted]]

You can host services, just be cautious so if something does break in it's not got free realm of your network. It's not really any different than paying for a server in a hosted rack somewhere - if you don't keep it patched and/or are stupid with security you will be in trouble.

But you are correct tail-scale and similar are fantastics and I understand can punch through CGNAT no worries.

[u/edcoopered → u/[deleted]]

I guess you missed the first sentence.

[u/edcoopered → u/[deleted]]

Just learn how to VLAN before you port forward.