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Floating ip possible outside providers network?
Hello.
Just got my hands on a beefy server im going to run at home, hosting plex, some files, some not important web, game servers etc. The thing is, i know ill change ip soon, due to change in provider and upgrade to fiber network. Also i might bring the server to lan parties and stuff like that.
My question is :
I want a dedicated ip for this server, even though im moving it around. Is there a good solution to this? So i can point my dns records to one ip, and it will always move traffic to my new ip, even if it changes?
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You could use a VPN (hosted on a VPS).
Wireguard and forward the ports you're interested in.
If i get a vps close to me locally, and set up openvpn etc on that, how will it work to access the server from the web that way?
This should work.
I would still have to edit configs every time my ip changes. That is what i want to avoid.
Do you?
I dont know. Do i?
I don't see why it would be necessary. Your internal vpn IP addresses - the ones you're forwarding to - will not change. Your external IP address (VPS IP) will not change.
The only IP that will change is your home IP, which doesn't need to be known by the VPS for this to work.
I second what @jackb said.
Maybe dynamic dns could work for you.