Why “cgnat” is being discussed
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In my experience they charge for a static IP but not to turn off CGNAT. Obviously depends on the isp but I’ve tried a few. One of them I had to call phone support and they asked…
by Gigachad · Oct 30, 2026
On IPv4 with CGNAT you get blocked and sent millions of captchas because you are sharing an IP with 5 IoT devices actively running a botnet. On v6 you don’t have that problem.
by Gigachad · Oct 30, 2026
Sure, but if they're a new ISP, chances are they have a hard time getting IPv4 and they likely run CGNAT. If they run CGNAT, the benefit of IPv6 is there's a lot of high volume…
by toast0 · Oct 30, 2026
Unfortunately, he.net tunnels have terrible reputation, so if you use this for your regular browsing, you're likely to get hit with more captchas than if you're on a cgnat with…
by toast0 · Oct 30, 2026
I think CGNAT is the default for new connections in .au, since about 5+ years, at least among "younger" ISPs that popped up around the national broadband network crawlout. You c…
by GCUMstlyHarmls · Oct 30, 2026
> I purchased a static IPv4 IP, and they made the CGNAT IP static. Thank you, I needed a good laugh today, that is amazing!
by kalleboo · Oct 30, 2026
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