networking

I recently upgraded my home network router from a pfSense SG-1100 to a Ubiquiti Unifi Gateway Ultra. The main reason I upgraded was because I already had a unifi switch and unifi wireless access points, and so wanted to complete the eco-system. ISP limitation My ISP uses Carrier-Grade NAT or CGN which means it uses a IPv4 network shared with other house-holds. It also means I cannot port forward services like VPNs to the Internet....

I recently decided to improve my home network by purchasing a pfSense box. I wanted to ditch my ISP issued router, a Tilgin HG2381 router which works well for simple networks but fails to offer advanced configuration options, like support for wireguard VPN or VLANs. HyperOptic HyperOptic is a UK broadband provider which supports both IPv4 and IPv6 address assignment. For IPv4 addresses they use Carrier-grade NAT (CGN) which doesn’t allow exposing a service using port forwarding....