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I cant forward ports anymore to my Xbox cause turns out my ISP recently refreshed IPs and all their IPs are public now and they say you can only forward ports if I request a static IP for a large amount of fee. Theyre greedy as hell! Anyway, some people are saying its impossible to forward ports now, some say i should use a VPN.
Is there really a possible way to do this?
Yes, option: purchase access with a VPN service that allows for a static IP and port forwarding, you will be able to have clients talk directly to your device(s) as you'd expect.
Option two: Find a deal on a VPS (Virtual Private Server) and configure a popular VPN software like OpenVPN yourself. End result is the same, configuration part is much more in-depth. Good learning experience if you're trying to find a reason to spend an afternoon educating yourself on light networking.
In that scenario the traffic would be routed as so:
You <-> ISP <-> VPN provider <-> other gamers
Any traffic from the outside world would end up through the VPN service, who pipes it directly to you.
No one would see your ISP's address, nor would their routing (for the sake of NAT) matter. Do check your router to see if it supports VPN client capabilities at that level. Then, you can connect your router to $VPN_PROVIDER in a 'set and forget' fashion. All traffic piped through it.
Bonus points:
Personally, I've been using nvpn.net for a few years and they are pretty reasonable.
