Today we announce that we no longer support port forwarding. New port forwards will no longer be supported, and existing ports will be removed 2023-07-01.
Mullvad will removed port forwarding from their app.
Question: if port forwarding is removed, wouldn’t I2P connectivity be degraded in exactly the same way as using a torrent client? As in you can build outgoing tunnels to peers who do have a public ip/accessible port, but cannot receive incoming tunnels, same as in the table by @blank_dvth below? Making connections slower or impossible? Or is it better because of the multiple hops in a tunnel, such that two peers behind NAT can still reach each other as long as they can both find an intermediate relay node with a public ip?
I’m using AirVPN right now. They’re pretty good (albeit very old-school), support port forwarding, etc. Same price as Mullvad at 3 months and cheaper for any larger plans (+ they’re doing a sale right now.)
Also tried IVPN - they’re OK but a little more expensive and has no port forwarding in the US.
does the community have any recommendations for a replacement provider?
If only people would realise how I2P is perfect tool for torrenting :)
Question: if port forwarding is removed, wouldn’t I2P connectivity be degraded in exactly the same way as using a torrent client? As in you can build outgoing tunnels to peers who do have a public ip/accessible port, but cannot receive incoming tunnels, same as in the table by @blank_dvth below? Making connections slower or impossible? Or is it better because of the multiple hops in a tunnel, such that two peers behind NAT can still reach each other as long as they can both find an intermediate relay node with a public ip?
seems this reddit post has an update for providers: https://old.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/rikthc/list_of_recommended_vpns_2022/
I’ve been eyeing cryptostorm, uses wireguard, you can portforward, and you can do it all from a command line…
I’m using AirVPN right now. They’re pretty good (albeit very old-school), support port forwarding, etc. Same price as Mullvad at 3 months and cheaper for any larger plans (+ they’re doing a sale right now.) Also tried IVPN - they’re OK but a little more expensive and has no port forwarding in the US.
I think I’m going to ivpn, it seems pretty solid. Otherwise I’d go to airvpn