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by WhyNotHugo 1507 days ago
> all I would need to do is plug it into my router and open up a port.

I like this vision of how things should work, but finding an ISP that _doesn't_ put a firewall for incoming connections nor use an ISP-grade NAT is challenging.

In my [limited] experience, neither tech support nor sales have any idea what any of these terms mean, so they can't advise at all.