cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/969323

I am looking to buy a VPN subscription, and im interested in getting one that allows port forwarding. Found a few that still allows this, including pure VPN and air VPN which seem to offer good value for money, at least on the the long term plans. Any feedback on these two?

I used to have nordvpn, and used it for 3 years, and once that subscription ran out, have been using mullvad so far. Performance wise mullvad hasnt disappointed me or anything, but now im looking to find one that allows port forwarding.

I also have a doubt regarding the whole port forwarding thing, does the VPN having this feature enable to do it even if my ISP doesnt allow port forwarding? From the videos and articles I read, VPN port forwarding is just something you do inside their native apps and such, so if the ISP hasnt enabled port forwarding for me (which I know it hasnt, because tried to get jellyfin working the other day, and couldnt get the ports to open even after setting everything up in my router), will I still be able to do it? I tried searching around with this query, but didnt really find anything.

  • averyminya@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve used Windscribe since they debuted, they’re pretty solid.

    I recently got on a CG/NAT which also doesn’t have port forwarding. I believe what you will want (in my case, can’t speak for other VPN’s) is to get a static IP and set up port forwarding from there, which would bypass the issues we have.

    • svotay@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      So, do you mean getting a subscription for a static IP from the ISP? Yeah that would be a solution indeed, but I am not staying where I am currently for an extended period, so maybe it isnt ideal for me. That was what felt appealing to me about having something like this with a VPN subscription, it would mean I can avail it wherever I physically am, and without having to give any consideration to whether my ISP at the moment allows me to or not.

      • averyminya@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Sorry for the misunderstanding, no, you can get a static IP from Windscribe :) your location will be irrelevant, it’s just your own personal static IP :)