VPN to create static IP address

[NM30]

I require a static IP address for my Bobcat Miner 300 as its stuck in Relayed state as it needs port forwarding of 44158 to work properly.

I have 4G broadband and my ISP (EE) don’t provide static IP address to customers so my only other option is somehow getting a static IP through a VPN but thats where my knowledge ends in getting it working the way I want it.

Basically I need to create a static IP through a VPN so then im able to open port 44158…any help is hugely appreciated.

 

[Turn]

Use a Reverse SSH Tunnel, the benefit would also be that only that port would be forwarded, not all your traffic.
Take a look at this thread https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/grain-ipv4-help.18942986/#post-35280223

 

[andy_mk3]

On a side note, what's your data allowance? Hnt mining can use a hell of a lot of data.

 

[Zefan]

Dynamic DNS should sort you I think?

 

[Turn]

Dynamic DNS should sort you I think?

OP said he's not able to open the port, which is why he has to go around the firewall.

 

[NM30]

On a side note, what's your data allowance? Hnt mining can use a hell of a lot of data.

unlimited data

 

[NM30]

OP said he's not able to open the port, which is why he has to go around the firewall.

I’ll still need a static IP address of some sort though through a VPN?

 

[NM30]

I have a Mikrotik 4G router…any help on configuring it will mean a lot as this issue is driving me insane!

 

[Turn]

I’ll still need a static IP address of some sort though through a VPN?

No, when you're using a VPN or a Reverse SSH Tunnel (which is what I'd recommend), the traffic on that port is getting sent to the server.
It doesn't matter if your IP changes as the servers IP where you're tunnelling to will remain the same and that is where your port will be accessed from outside of your network.

 

[WJA96]

Use PuTTY to SSH into your router then use the remote command in the link below

https://www.psychz.net/client/question/en/ssh-reverse-tunnel.html#

 

[NM30]

Use PuTTY to SSH into your router then use the remote command in the link below

https://www.psychz.net/client/question/en/ssh-reverse-tunnel.html#

is there a Macbook version of PuTTY?

 

[WJA96]

You might want to look up a handy tool called Google. It’s good for things like this.

https://thegeekpage.com/putty-alternative-for-mac-os/

 

[the-evaluator]

I doubt it's the lack of a static IP address that's the issue, it's the fact that EE (like all the mobile networks) use CG-NAT so the WAN IP address that the OP's router has, isn't a public IP address. It'll be a private IP address and connections out to the internet will be NATted out through an EE gateway somewhere along with a bunch of other customers.

So setting up a port forward won't work as the connection inbound from the internet will get stopped at EE's NAT gateway and won't reach the WAN interface of the OP's router.

 

[NM30]

I doubt it's the lack of a static IP address that's the issue, it's the fact that EE (like all the mobile networks) use CG-NAT so the WAN IP address that the OP's router has, isn't a public IP address. It'll be a private IP address and connections out to the internet will be NATted out through an EE gateway somewhere along with a bunch of other customers.

So setting up a port forward won't work as the connection inbound from the internet will get stopped at EE's NAT gateway and won't reach the WAN interface of the OP's router.

yes thats exactly the issue…even if I do the SSH tunnelling it still won’t get around the lack of static IP address issue will it?

 

[Caged]

You will, it's a tunnel. As long as the place you're tunnelling to has a public IP address.

Seems like the A&A L2TP service will also work fine for this, as the 3Mbps limit on the Light plan presumably won't be an issue for IoT usage.

https://www.aa.net.uk/broadband/l2tp-service/