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>I wanted to be able to access it with a static IP, and I don’t feel like calling my ISP to get one.

Not "feeling like" calling your ISP to get a static IP, but also wanting to self-host?

I don't think calling the ISP was actually what they didn't feel like doing. It is more the call itself. Being put on queue with wait music, dealing with first line customer support who have no clue what you are asking, waiting to be connected to the right support, being connected to the wrong support, being put on hold again, suddenly being hung up on, rinse, repeat.

Which is a whole different type of mental challenge compared to figuring out the technical details of self hosting something ;)

especially challenging for introverts

Although it is a fairly standard ask. It is something which the ISPs I know would have configurable in the web portal.

I tested with 2 ISPs I use and both have it as a prominent add on that you can add for extra cost per month in the UI.

> I don't think calling the ISP was actually what they didn't feel like doing. It is more the call itself. Being put on queue with wait music, dealing with first line customer support who have no clue what you are asking, waiting to be connected to the right support, being connected to the wrong support, being put on hold again, suddenly being hung up on, rinse, repeat.

Exactly this... we have enough issues with our internet I didn't want to add this into the mix - especially as if they decide to not really give me a static IP, then I have to change it everywhere :/

I trust my VPS provider far more than my ISP

point your ns to CloudFlare and write a powershell script to update your AA records every 5 minutes, boom quasi static IP (from the PoV of the client anyway)

Not 99.9999% uptime obviously but good enough.

dyndns solves some applications of static addressing but not most

I really resent having to pay $120 a year for a static IP :-|

vps with static ip will go for half of that

Make it a tenth. I have two small VPS with two different providers, and I am paying a total of $25/year for them.

I'm a bit old fashioned. its not self hosting if you dont hold the hardware :-P

What about if you use the VPS for a wireguard tunnel, so your beefier server at home has a public IP? Does that count?

It's what I'm doing since we switched ISPs and now we are behind CGNAT (better connection otherwise though).

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