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   On Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:11:06 -0500   
   "Brian Indy"  wrote:   
      
   > Just found out something today, I recently switched to Metronet   
   > fiber, and my Echolink program stopped working. So I went in to the   
   > router and tried to setup port forwarding, it would not work. Tried   
   > it many times, same bad result. Called Metronet...unless you buy a   
   > static IP for $120 a year, you can't port forward.  Metronet uses   
   > something called CGNAT - Carrier Grade NAT  and this is why you can't   
   > port forward using their dynamic assigned external IP.    
   >    
   > I wish I had known that before. I don't use echolink much. So I'm not   
   > paying $120 for a static IP from Metronet.    
   >    
   > Just a heads up.    
      
   If you happen to have a unix server vps somewhere, could you do a ssh   
   tunnel and proxy your connection through it?   
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