Sooo, exploring options for getting IP connectivity to my home "datacenter". I can do BGP peering, which is alright for IPv6 since there's plenty and it's basically for free for a /56. But the minimum allocation for IPv4 BGP peering is a /24, which goes for around a thousand euros these days (+/- 500) I've been told. Plus, I only need 3, at most 4 IPv4 addresses. Seems like a waste to get a /24 then... OTOH it might be a good investment for my pension plan :)
Tough one. I could just get a VPS or something somewhere with 3 IPv4 adresses and tunnel that back home, but there is something about owning your own IP ranges, being less dependent on a single provider and all that.
Choices, choices.
Any thoughts oh wise fediverse?
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