[Discuss] local ISP that provides externally reachable IP address

Darren Duncan darren at darrenduncan.net
Wed Jan 10 22:47:42 PST 2024


It seems to me that the most future-proofed way to have an externally reachable 
IP address is to run your service on an IPv6 address rather than an IPv4 one. 
There should be no reason for an ISP to NAT IPv6. -- Darren Duncan

On 2024-01-10 9:16 a.m., Will Ballantyne wrote:
> Hi Everyone, with Shaw going to Rogers it looks like my externally accessible IP 
> address will be going away and I can't run my little web/email server using 
> Linux from my own home server after the switch. Just wondering if anyone else in 
> the area (Victoria, BC) is doing something similar and what ISP might provide an 
> externally accessible IP address.  They all seem to be using NAT nowadays.




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