RAIN 5G Standard - NAT Type

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Dunshire ZA

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@rain_mobile @rain_networks I need to get an Open Nat Type or Type 2. I have tried Port Forwarding/Virtual Server on the Huawei 5G CPE Router but this did not work, which means the network is blocking it. Please can you open it?
 
I've used a VPN and managed to get a "moderate" NAT type, but this increases my ping. I am currently stuck with a "strict" NAT type. If you can allow port forwarding, I can configure the Huawei 5G CPE router myself.

All of the other network providers allows for this functionality, please allow this on yours?
 
Rain does not issue Public IPs. What you're asking for is not possible on Rain.
They issue private IPs and apply NAT, so you have no public ports forwarded.

If you VPN somewhere and get a public ip assigned to you via VPN, your NAT type will be open as all traffic terminates under your control, assuming that's a supported feature of the VPN.
 
jbroo said:
Try Zerotier One.
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Ok so I've created a network, I was able to connect my laptop and mobile phone. But I am not sure how to connect my console to the network. I've tried the following:

- Created a mobile hotspot on my laptop and shared my RAIN connection with Zerotier network - no success
- Shared the Zerotier network on the mobile hotspot - no success
- Reached out to the Zerotier community for help - still waiting on a response

Do you know of a way how I can do this?
 
Dunshire ZA said:
Ok so I've created a network, I was able to connect my laptop and mobile phone. But I am not sure how to connect my console to the network. I've tried the following:

- Created a mobile hotspot on my laptop and shared my RAIN connection with Zerotier network - no success
- Shared the Zerotier network on the mobile hotspot - no success
- Reached out to the Zerotier community for help - still waiting on a response

Do you know of a way how I can do this?
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I find it works if you create 2 subnets, with managed IPs. Set a subnet mask that allows talking across your 2 subnets, and bridge them. Then create a managed IP for each device.

In my case my home range is 10.0.0.x, so added that subnet to ZT. Added managed IPs for my devices on 10.0.1.x and set masks of 255.255.254.0 so the 2 subnets could talk. Now my phone/pc running ZT gets a 10.0.1.x address but can also see the 10.0.0.x range which is all my home kit.

There is a help article on the site that explains the bridging also.
 
One thing i forgot to add, my Pi being my ZT gateway, it has 2 interfaces - the local one on 10.0.0.x and the ZT interface on 10.0.1.x. These are bridged on the Pi and this is key. You'll need a Pi/PC/router to act as a bridge between your LAN and ZT.
 
Excellent, thanks. I will try it out. I have little Intel NUC I will load Ubuntu Server on and give it a go. Thanks
 
jbroo said:
Try Zerotier One.
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To be clear though, my understanding of Zerotier wont directly solve the problem here, its not a VPN or something like that, and it doesn't provide breakout, right?
It'd open NAT between hosts, or allow for a connection, sure. But I think that the OP wants here is a public IP, which isn't something Zerotier provides based on my understanding.
 
Packet-Kollector said:
To be clear though, my understanding of Zerotier wont directly solve the problem here, its not a VPN or something like that, and it doesn't provide breakout, right?
It'd open NAT between hosts, or allow for a connection, sure. But I think that the OP wants here is a public IP, which isn't something Zerotier provides based on my understanding.
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For my use, it works just like a VPN. I would not need a public IP for anything else. Not sure about OP's usage needs. I just want to access my home network via internet, wherever I am, which ZT does great given you get no public IP as a rain subscriber.
 
jbroo said:
For my use, it works just like a VPN. I would not need a public IP for anything else. Not sure about OP's usage needs. I just want to access my home network via internet, wherever I am, which ZT does great given you get no public IP as a rain subscriber.
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Ah yeah, that makes sense. Outside going in, yeah that makes sense.

Based on the fact that a console is mentioned, I believe the OP is gaming and wants to have an easier time finding games in matchmaking.

So, they could use ZT and a VPS somewhere for this purpose, which I do, just with good ol wireguard.
 
Thanks, guys. So once I have set up ZT with the bridge, would I need to connect my console directly to the bridge via LAN in order for it to connect to the internet?
 
Essentially, I want my PS5 to connect to the internet through my Rain 5G router and not get a Strict NAT type. If ZeroTier can be the bridge then great. But I need to know how this can be achieved with ZeroTier, if it is setting up the bridge, I need to know how my PS5 must connect to it.
 
I see. I don't think that would work since your PS5 would need to run a ZT client and become a node. Even then, I don't know that you can circumvent the NAT of your rain connection, since that is still how you connect to the internet. Maybe some sort of VPN...

Sorry, I use ZT for different reasons to you, so I'm not sure.
 
Which RAIN Router do you have? Some of them can have a VPN connected to them, and if you find a service that works with it, you can use them to get a public IP that is static and allocated to you.
You could use ZT for it, but it'd take some setup.

You either need to have a router that can support a VPN config, or use a device like the NUC you mentioned, and that routes the PS5 over some other connection that achieves it.
 
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