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I can't modify the router config and I want to access my server from internet (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by TheUnclePaul@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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I have a server in my home and use it normally with my custom router setup. but I want to do the same in other place where I'm not allowed to modify the main router

How can I expose a port to internet in this case?

P.D: I want to use my laptop as a portable server; connect it to my mobile hotspot and go, I think that the solution will be the same for both cases

Thanks in advance

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[–] tschloss@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Use an outbound tunnel like the others recommended already.

For curiosity: a mobile hotspot in my mind is a device connecting to Internet via mobile data (LTE, 5G etc) and offering a WLAN. In this case this is your router. But mobile provider often offer no public reachability at all - in which case you are back to the tunnel.