I live in an apartment complex near a college that includes gigabit internet hardline and wifi for all residents (service provided by MyCampusNet). The problem is that they firewall everyone's connection so that no incoming requests can get through, and they don't offer port forwarding. They also won't let me install another internet provider into my apartment unit.
I'd like to be able to remote into my computer at home from campus, as well as run an FTP server on my machine, and I'm wondering how to get around this firewall situation. Whats the best way to do this? VPN+DDNS or proxy server?
Some concerns:
- I know I could get a VPN service, but the one I've used in the past (PIA) doesn't seem to give a unique IP that I can link up with DDNS.
- Should I use a VPN service that issues a public IP so I can link it to DDNS? If so, does this destroy the anonymity usually associated with using VPN services? I realize this would make sense, but wanted to be sure.
- If I did use a VPN service for this purpose, do they usually limit bandwidth? I might hit around 200 GB a month max, since I would use this to transfer home videos to my family that I am editing.
- I would optimally want this to be compatible with common router software so I could create a network in my apartment for all my devices, and have them all use the exit node without having to be individually configured for the service.