Please help... what is a good way to establish a static IP for my homelab if the ISP doesn't provide it? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by remivato69@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I have several machines that need direct in/out traffic through router port forwarding.
I have things setup already right now, using my domain name , pointing at my current static IP issued by the ISP.

But I will be transferring to another ISP and they don't offer static IPs. What's worst is the IPs issued are not only dynamic, but also private (so dynamic dns solution can't help)

So I need a way to maintain my exact setup (and port forwards) on the new ISP and I'm willing to pay for VPN like service if I have to. But I heard routing traffic through VPNs will slow down traffic which is my concern. I'm assuming VPN traffic is slow because of it having to hop around lots of proxy servers? If there was a VPN that just gives you static IP w/o proxy hopping, that would be best. I don't need the privacy, i just need the static IP and speed.

Looking forward to some helpful suggestions.

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[-] dingleberryfingers@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Cloudflare works well

[-] remivato69@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

And are you talking bout their service called Cloudflared? Because if so, will I need to create a cloudflare tunnel for each port i want to open?

[-] PineappleLower1062@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

No, you should be able to create one tunnel and pass all your traffic through it I haven't played with ports tho, only sub domains (i have a reverse proxy behind it)

[-] remivato69@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

well that's cool. But I do have to install cloudflared onto each of my server/machines right? And what about machines i need to connect to that doesn't have a regular OS (like a smart vacuum cleaner's GUI)?

[-] dingleberryfingers@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah this is his I do public facing stuff.

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