https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/cgnat/Recent content in Cgnat on Geeky Schmidthttps://geekyschmidt.com/images/papermod-cover.pnghttps://geekyschmidt.com/images/papermod-cover.pngHugoenCopyright ©2002-2026, Nicholas Schmidt; all rights reserved.Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/post/farming-packets-relayd/Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/post/farming-packets-relayd/<p>Living out in the boonies has its charms: quiet nights, open skies, and an estate that keeps me busy, but internet choices aren&rsquo;t one of them. Options are slim, and Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT) makes life rough if you want to self-host.</p> <p>Static, routable IPs are what you really need, but out here that&rsquo;s a luxury. I didn&rsquo;t want to rely on Cloudflare tunnels, ngrok, or similar middlemen. For a while, I leaned on <a href="https://tailscale.com/">Tailscale</a> as a DIY SD-WAN (basically a secure mesh network overlay across your devices). It&rsquo;s great, but not every service or device plays nicely over it.</p>