NEW: remote port forwarding system expansion with pools

[Staff 10014]

9 hours ago, Stalinium said:

am delighted to see this problem being approached in this way. I wouldn't have imagined it like this

Hello and thank you very much!
 

9 hours ago, Stalinium said:

What are the current top arguments for not enabling exit IP selection (pool 1/2)?

Not really substantiated arguments, only the generic fear that the support team could be overwhelmed by tickets. In reality, we are already working to migrate toward an easier and even more scalable solution with pools supporting all the protocols and not requiring anymore specific choices by the users.
 

9 hours ago, Stalinium said:

Any service that's not a passive "I will wait for connections from outside" will have automatic WAN IP discovery built in. So once the "exit" IP is not selectable (as it is now), all those programs will not stop advertising, but instead actively advertise the wrong IP (due to default communication).

Exactly. The system we're working on aims at getting rid of this relevant problem by dividing users into unique pools and exit-IP addresses, so they will not have to face multiple pools (where pool 1 is "superior" to the other pools) and multiple exit-IP addresses. We see this future new system as a better solution because it will not force choices on pools and IP addresses, and it will be scalable for real: when a pool is close to exhaustion we can just add a new pool and reserve it to future new users. Stay tuned.

Kind regards
 

[Thrace 4]

1 hour ago, Staff said:

Exactly. The system we're working on aims at getting rid of this relevant problem by dividing users into unique pools and exit-IP addresses, so they will not have to face multiple pools (where pool 1 is "superior" to the other pools) and multiple exit-IP addresses. We see this future new system as a better solution because it will not force choices on pools and IP addresses, and it will be scalable for real: when a pool is close to exhaustion we can just add a new pool and reserve it to future new users. Stay tuned.

is it possible to increase 5 port forwarding limit back to 20 if everything goes well?

[Staff 10014]

25 minutes ago, Thrace said:

is it possible to increase 5 port forwarding limit back to 20 if everything goes well?

Hello!

It's too early to claim anything, given the excellent growth rate of the user base and the rising costs of IPv4 subnets... Stay tuned!

Kind regards