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Re:Setting up a home VPN server with WireGuard by zrm on Friday November 01, 2019 @04:43PM (#21423492)
A VPN server doesn't strictly need a static IP, you can use dynamic DNS.
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Re:Setting up a home VPN server with WireGuard by philshem on Saturday November 02, 2019 @05:56AM (#21426764)
Can you explain, or provide a link?

I’m a networking novice, but in my .ovpn profiles I provide, the IP is hard-coded.

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Re:Setting up a home VPN server with WireGuard by icebraining on Saturday November 02, 2019 @09:13AM (#21427496)
Instead of an IP, you can use a domain. Then you can use Dynamic DNS to keep that domain pointed at your current IP (essentially, you run a small program on the same computer as the VPN server, that updates the DNS provider every time the IP changes).
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