if you ping wifi.myisp.tld what is the IP address? is it private? what if you go to ip.add.re.ss it should be the same thing???
The IP address is outside my network. If I try to connect directly to the IP address, it fails the certifications, I get a list of domains that are connected to the cert and am allowed to “continue and accept the risk”, landing at the same site.
yes. Bridge mode means the ISP provider router is now only for translation (IE: from coaxial/DSL/Fibre to RJ45/cat cable). You plug the ISP device into the WAN port of your own device and now your device has the public IP address and that is what your trusting to protect you.
OK, I will definitely look into this in the near future then.
as long as the ISP router is plugged into the WAN port of your router and ONLY the WAN port, then you’re safe from the ISP shenanigans.
There’s a modem connected to the WAN port, and the router/hotspot is connected to the modem. But I guess that doesn’t change anything?
I have scripts that try to update everything every hour and I’m not really worried. I’d rather a update to a new version take down my services then trust myself to login every couple days and do it manually.
I will definitely need to setup this myself then. Do you run this as cron jobs?
Thinking about the torrent thing, there’s no better way to do it. I’d personally open a static port IE 12345 and point that at the torrent client on the PC. I would not randomize it and open a massive range on your firewall just in case. Then just close the client when you’re done and know that packets for 12345 will still reach your PC, they’re just dropped there.
OK, that is basically how it is configured now. It is not randomized in the sense that it changes every time, but it is listening on a port that was randomly chosen, but it is static since configuration.
Not that I support it, but if you’re downloading more then just Linux ISOs and you’re in a country with pretty strict laws around this sort of thing, you should be using a VPN that supports opening ports. then you do not need anything open on your firewall, just to connect to the VPN when you’re ready to sail the high seas.
I do use a VPN (with port forwarding supported, but I have not activated it, which I know could affect performance, but I have not noticed anything here). Is the port opening on my router unnecessary in this case?