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Post: "Self-Hosting Behind CGNAT"

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RedditSep 21, 2026By u/david-alvarez-rosa

r/selfhosted

Self-Hosting Behind CGNAT

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  • [comment u/NelsonMinar] After years of dealing with Starlink's CGNAT I finally set up IPv6 everywhere and can bypass it.

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  • “I see we both have to handle CGNAT through a VPS because of shitty ISPs...”

    u/Baleeverne64 points · Sep 21, 2026View

  • “Do you have IPv6? After years of dealing with Starlink's CGNAT I finally set up IPv6 everywhere and can bypass it. The main practical effect is Tailscale can now set up direct links for me, no DERP relays required.”

    u/NelsonMinar20 points · Sep 21, 2026View

  • “broke your homepage, lol :)”

    u/daniil-tsivinsky11 points · Sep 21, 2026View

  • “Haizzz, so sad. Free cloudflare tunnel but slow speed. More advance buy vps and setup wireguard/frp/rathole FRP https://github.com/fatedier/frp Rat Hole https://github.com/rathole-org/rathole”

    u/SliderWheel4 points · Sep 21, 2026View

  • “Am I missing something or could you just use tailscale/netbird with the management server on a VPS?”

    u/Annual-Advisor-79163 points · Sep 21, 2026View

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        "excerpt": "Unfortunately I work for a shitty ISP that chose this as well. However! I will say we do not advertise it, but if someone mentions a gaming server, or simply asks to be removed from cgnat we will remove them. Which is better than most at least.",
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