I have T-Mobile wifi (Really great btw for $30 with my plan) but it has the big dumb cgnat. I have a plex server and you can’t stream remotely with it. I had an Oracle VPS but after my trial ran out they decided they wanted to delete it with no warning.

I was using a wireguard vpn connected to my vps with Plex ports to bypass it. Right now oracle is out of instances for me to use so I thought I could see if there are any better alternatives.

I am using this GitHub script to do it

https://github.com/mochman/Bypass_CGNAT/wiki

I am wondering if anybody knows of a good VPS that I could use. I don’t necessarily mind paying for it but I would like it to be relatively cheap if not free.

If it matters at all I have a Raspberry Pi 4 with DietPi running my plex server.

I haven’t tried this but would it be possible to set up my VPN using wireguard on my pi and have plex point towards that?

I had Mullvad but since they are getting rid of port forwarding I got TorGuard (blah blah USA company, I know). Also wondering if there are better VPNs that I could use for… Downloading… Stuff

The guide has digital ocean and AWS Lightrail also but im not sure which one would be best and less likely to delete my account. I would prefer to use a VPN that I already pay for but im just not all too sure on how to go about that

Edit: Ended up using rack nerd. Got their 4tb monthly vps for $14 a year. Perfect for me

  • vividspecter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I believe some use tailscale for this, although I don’t entirely like having a third party store wireguard keys if I’m understanding it correctly.

  • datallboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use RackNerd for public reverse proxies on my lab. Their New Years sales is still active, and is very affordable. Only $13/yr for 1GB RAM KVM VPS, plenty for a personal reverse proxy or VPN.

    No issues with service, their support is great and responds promptly.

  • overtinker@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sorry to steal your post but I am looking to set up the same thing and I am wondering if Hetzner is good for this? They have a VERY attractive 20tb network traffic allowance for only ~£4/month

    • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I ended up using racknerd. Used the same script and it worked perfect. It was $14 total for a year and 4tb a month which is all I need. There was a few dollar extra options for my network space. Once I bought it I got it all setup in like 20 mins and that includes activation for the vps

    • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m not all too knowledgeable with this stuff but it has the command http 80. Does that mean it is opening port 80 using ngrok? The plex port I need is 32400 tcp. Would it just be as simple as doing http 32400?

      • varaki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Here’s a howto for your case. In the end it should be like ‘ngrok tcp 32400’. You can try it out, while you’re searching for a VPS 🙂

  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I personally forward all my stuff via a wireguard tunnel setup in linode. However, I would strongly advise against exposing services to the internet.

    • TwinTurbo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I do this, too. I haven’t tried Tailscale, but Netmaker wasn’t able to deal with my CGNAT without a relay node, and I found that to be hit-and-miss.