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Re:I connected Windows XP to the Internet; it was fine by bzzzt on Saturday June 01, 2024 @10:02AM (#40545821)
The point is not needing a NAT translation table and running out of ports on your router. My provider also delivers an IPv6 configuration with all ports closed. I can enable incoming traffic for the devices that need it.
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Re:I connected Windows XP to the Internet; it was fine by throwaway1105q on Saturday June 01, 2024 @10:20AM (#40545965)
Running out of ports how? Someone is hosting 65536 public services in their home network? Why not just pay for an additional public ipv4 then?

I can't configure anything technical about my internet. Any change is paid, and often simply not possible.

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Re:I connected Windows XP to the Internet; it was fine by toast0 on Saturday June 01, 2024 @07:55PM (#40550167)
Running out of ports is usually a misunderstanding, but a device doing stateful NAT will have a limit on how many states it can manage, and it's usually not fun when it goes over the limit.
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