I’m trying to self-host some stuff on my Raspberry Pi (i.e. web server, lightweight matrix server, etc) and every time I get around to try and set it up I forget that I have to do this lol
Do you guys recommend going full send and contacting my ISP about a static IP or should I just pay for a Dynamic DNS service?
DDNS is kind of a pain in my opinion, and they shouldn’t be necessary. If my ISP were to rotate IP addresses enough to make me consider DDNS, I’d probably look for a different ISP to be honest.
Left without other options, I would personally cheap out and just tunnel the connection through some kind of super cheap/free cloud VPS. Oracle is giving away VPSes with IPv6 and static IPs limited to something like 50mbps. There are also ultra low budget VPS providers that will cost you $20 per year or less. Add a little Wireguard VPN magic and the right firewall rules and you’ll be free of weird ISP related restrictions.