Just an FYI, folks. Xlab, the company behind this, is an offshore holding company with zero information on their site about who they really are. As a reverse proxy they will have access to ALL of the data you send through their network. Keep that in mind.
@elderkai6969 If there was a nice way of responding to your "I ain't got nuthin' to hide" response, which is so common, it truly is sad, I would say it that way, but that's dumb as fvck, man, & that's simply because you _have_ _no_ _idea_ what cyber criminals are capable of doing. Just because someone doesn't have much in the bank or they're a law abiding citizen....trust me, those things should _NOT_ make anyone feel safe. Being able to open any kind of account in your name & doing whatever the fvck they want while appearing to be you...doesn't matter if you're wealthy or not or whether you're a criminal or not. And that's one scenario. I realize this comment is a year old, that doesn't matter. This opinion is all too common & I'd be a bigger *sshole _NOT_ to say anything, whether you appreciate it or not. Having nothing to hide does _NOT_ make anyone safe, by any means.
It's difficult to ask for details on something when I don't know the technical terms of what it is I'm asking for. In practical effect, I have a co-location willing to host a docker VM. My wish is to use this docker image as a "localxpose" server. I SSH to their docker image, that image has ports open to listen on a public IP. The traffic from that comes down the SSH tunnel and appears as coming from the outside world, if possible, or by NAT magic it figures the traffic out. It's the same goal as here, only with public facing hardware & bandwidth over the tunnel I initiate within my T-Mobile home LAN. Is this something OpenVPN does in a particular configuration? What am I looking for beyond avoiding paying $5/month to LocalXpose?
Cloudflare also offers this as a free tunnel, requires you have your own domain and set them for your DNS servers, but is not limited to the ports you can use. Pretty cool stuff.
Thank you for this Nate and Septuagenarian! Sir Tater, I switched to T-Mobile Home internet and dumped Spectrum Internet and saved a ton of money because of your videos but have had to pay for a VPN service just to access my Blue Iris CCTV server after I made the switch. Now I can dump the VPN and save a few more bucks a month... Thank you sir and keep up the great videos!
I've been using ZeroTier with my trashcan for about a year now. With the client on my Blue Iris security server as well as whatever devices I use to access it, it works great as a free solution with no time limitations. The phone app works, I can get to the web gui, and I can RDP into the server.
ZeroTier or Tailscale are great, especially if you want that 0-trust style of firewall on your LAN. I’m using a free-tier vps running nginx reverse proxy over Tailscale (I’ll switch to zerotier soon) w/ a script to share certs; so I can serve up https. It really wasn’t too hard, after liquifying my brain in order to configure nginx.
@@Pjones2291 strange as it may sound, I can't quite work out how to do a pm on the 'tube. But short answer is go to their site, create an account, create at least one network, download the client to all devices you want to connect, and point them to your network. From the web dashboard allow access to the devices requesting permission, and that's it
I spent some time researching how to accomplish something similar. Tailscale on my desktop. Setup a subnet router in Tailscale. And now I can access my home network from anywhere.
Great video. I applied it to my linux Plex setup and discovered how important getting the right permisisons and application version is. Thanks for the information on this an all your previous videos.
Did you need to forward the LocalXpose external port to your Plex server? Any assistance in setting up the port forwarding for Plex that you can provide would be greatly appreciated! Also I did notice the port provided by LocalXpose is beyond the 50,000 range Plex support suggests. Is there a way to get one within that range or does it even matter?
So for someone like me who has an Xbox series X and can’t play games due to the lack of UPnP with TMobile home internet, how would I utilize this and what would me and my sons Xbox be connecting to with our Xbox’s? Would we still connect to our T-Mobile router in Wi-Fi list? Or would there be another thing listed for us to connect to once I set this up etc
I have said from day one that T-Mobile needs to come out with a device that supports ipv4 public and being able to port forward. I mean if you are a big gamer or you have certain cameras that need to be set up and certain cases especially with gaming you must and need port forwarding a public ipv4 or IPv6 and support just for good measures UPnP or whatever that settings on I mean if they expect people to really switch from a normal ISP that supports all of this this is definitely priority for a lot of gamers because even on say Frontier communications or Comcast most of the time Xbox and Playstation are going to have a moderate to a straight net type right out of the get-go and then once you do port forwarding it instantly goes to an open net type but also I have tried to report this to T-Mobile as feedback and I never seem to get to the right department or people don't understand so maybe somebody on RU-vid if you guys have a tech channel or anything and you're into Network I would definitely try and pass this on to T-Mobile maybe they can use the current device or come up with a new one that would allow this. Because I keep telling people and even myself I will never switch to T-Mobile home internet even though they have fast download and fast upload and I have DSL because I have already tried their T-Mobile hotspots and like this guy said you can't port forward normally unless you use a certain program or what not and I'm not really into learning all that information I just wanted to work or have a basic understanding of how to open up my ports so they don't have issues like this later down the road
Excellent content but unfortunately the 15 minute limitation is useless for anything other than periodically checking a security camera. Ensuring outside accessibility to various server types is a primary goal for most users. Thanks for the content and attempt.
Thank you for this info. I will order mine tomorrow. I am curious how have things gone for you? I am specifically doing this for a Minecraft server. Hopefully it works.
I have T-Mobile's home internet - and I was able to get access to my NAS on my home network using "Tailscale" which seems like it has a similar method to this - with no paywall or limitations. Have you looked at that?
Hey Robey, good point. Tailscale does have a paywall past their free limitations though but yes that and ngrok and others can offer similar capabilities but in my experience require some more technical knowledge. LocalXpose will be coming out with a GUI soon.
@@NaterTater It was a pain to set up - for sure. And I'm not all the way there yet - I have a "mediamonkey" server (for my personal music) that I'm trying to access on my NAS and it's not working yet. I'll figure it out though! I appreciate your content and input on T-Mobile's service and CGNATs.
I am using an Asus Router with Merlin firmware. It would be great if this service could be added directly to the router and run without the need for a PC. Most routers do run some type of Linux distro so it's theoretically possible. Merlin firmware does have ways to add services through a repository so hopefully LocalXpose will be added sooner or later. Thanks for the info!
Hey! I'm new to this, but it seems like the process is very different on a mac vs a PC, by any chance can you provide a tutorial for this for Mac? I'm sure there are a lot of other people in a similar boat!
Hey Nate, this problem was why I had to get rid of T-Mobile home internet. I like to be able to access my Plex server outside my network. Do you think this setup will work for plex?
Try to take my time but the dude just copies and pastes an important section…. I type it in like how he copied it and then copy my token login and it just says it’s not recognized
I'm using tp-link ax73 with 5g tmobile 5g internet gateway. I opened the gateway and installed waveform 2x2 antenna witch it gets me over 500 MBits down and 50-60MBits up. The gateway stays connected to B66 (4g) signal -88db and N41 (5g) with signal -61db
I would love to see how this works in a docker container. My Synology NAS has an option to install a Docker host and that thing is on 24/7/365 days a year.
Let me understand this. Right now I'm with Xfinity using port forwarding with their modem/router for my Q-See 18 security camera DVR. If I try the T-Mobile Home Internet I would be able to use this "LocalXpose" thing on one of my computers which would allow me to assign port forwarding to my DVR? Even if there is only a 15 minute window, it would be worth it to get rid of Xfinity.
I'm using the free version of the GUI and it keeps saying "you cannot select a subdomain, only pro users can" and I am not selecting a subdomain. I created a tunnel with my LAN IP as well as my public IP address and when I click the PLAY button, I get the same error.
Another good N-T video... however for my purposes Tailscale works, is free and does NOT timeout. Its nice to have options. But will TMHI make it a TOS violation to run a server (if they have not already)?
I suppose if they see seriously excessive usage maybe? They mention that it's not intended for autonomous systems or server type use, but they likely don't do much in the way of enforcing anything.
There are multiple tunnel options which work. Cloud flare has a free tunnel with less limitations and free. Raid Owl YT channel has a great tutorial. But thank you for the video more options=more better!
So will this work for gaming? World of warcraft will just randomly lag and not respond but if I use my phone as a hotspot it works just fine. I'm assuming I would need to pay so I can get access to TCP UDP ports.
Good content Nate. I have a question. I have both verizon home lte and Tmobile 5g. Both units get great signal. Is it possible to combine both into 1 to share the bandwidth? Is that even possible? Thanks!
@NaterTater thank you for the video... I love your content. I currently have the TMHI and would like to get port forwarding on the xbox. My son has been complaining ever since I made the switch to the TMHI service he can't play online and use the headset to communicate with friends. Unfortunately the property where I live has an exclusive contract with a rinkadink company that only offers 10 mb downloads and 1 mb uploads and that's why I chose to switch to tmhi. You can Imagine that in a household of 6 it doesn't do well especially when my wife and I work from home. So we made the switch to tmhi and it's been great for the house but my 2 sons complain constantly about not being able to play online. Anywho any help would be much appreciated.
I am having a hard time hosting a DCS Flight Sim server with this T Mobile 5G Home internet, my question is, will i be able to maintain a tunnel open to play with the free method or i have to pay the 5 bucks a month?
I use my own router with good bufferbloat control and have no issues running DCS EFT and PUBG even with double CGNat it's stable enough, I am curious if port forwarding would help my connection even more but I no longer have double nat using Verizon home internet IP passthrough but Verizon is also on CGNat so I'm curious to wether it's over handling squirly Dan or if it would improve my ping even more 🤔🤔
@@cheefadareafer What router you are using?, i have a Netgear Nighthawk Model R6020 and still didn’t worked. Opened ports in router and still didn’t worked. I can enter my friends server but i cannot host.
hello NATE. is it possible I have Asus RT-AC5300 I can redirect ports from my DVR. PORT : 8081 or what do you recommend so that you have a SIM modem for T-Mobile 5G
Additional software installation doesn’t work for me. I am thinking perhaps I can use ipv6 and setup OpenVPN in the router then access internal devices after vpn in.
Thank you! I've been brainstorming a solution for a couple of days. Had the functionally made up in my mind but couldn't get a name for it - reverse proxy. Duh. Thanks again!
its also referred to as a bouncer we use to use them back in the day at college so we could run ftp and game properly because he edu had strict rules you had to have a bouncer
I've been trying to get 2 Tmobile modem to run security cameras across 21 acres and I can't get them to reach the back of the property. Any ideas on antennas? Or is that a dumb question
here's how I cover acres of wifi coverage myself. you might want a point 2 point wifi bridge for a specific area otherwise it takes a lot of access points to cover all 21 acres in full. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hIKZzCkbXDY.html
FYI for any body I ran into errors running CLI. I had to setup environment variable in windows 11. To run localXpose from CLI. Add localXpose as path edit and add new for me C:\loclx
anyway to run it on a cheap phone instead of Windows/linux/docker (so android/ios) ? because the phones are super efficient in terms of power compared to a PC e.g.
Will the reverse proxy provide a external residental address or datacenter? The service I'm looking at hosting only supports or work correctly with residental.
Thanks for all the helpful videos. Hopefully someday soon you will be able to figure out software bandlocking on the kvd-21 or better yet how to get the service to work with a third party modem like the nighthawk. That would be amazing.
for anyone that is reading these comments, don't do this. there are many different services that allow you to do this and much more. two of the most common ones are zerotier and tailscale. you don't need an external vps hosting service or external vpn. you basically install a tool on both ends and you will be able to communicate between each other. with a more elaborate setup you can even route all traffic
This is for those that want a simple setup option and for when you dont have access/control on "the other side" to complete a loop. Different products for different uses.
This is still not a good solution. I have 11 webcam and each webcam needs two unique port numbers. I guess I will be using TMHI until Concast say I am a new customer again so I can get back. BTW, Verizon home internet allows port forwarding and TMHI does not? I will complain, hope you do.
Hey there. Do you think this will help me connect to my l2tp ipsec vpn via my Mac? I can't with T-mobile Home Internet, but I can if I plug in my comcast that is still active. Assume it's a port issue. I understand that UDP is used..for L2TP
With all due respect, I lost you after about 5 minutes into it. I have several cameras I have opened on my ASUS router. I also use the free DDNS feature of the router so I never have to worry about my COX IP address changing on me , which it does a couple times a year. Just to be clear, using one of the (T-Mobile 5G internet) rear Ethernet Ports and connecting it to my existing ASUS router input used for the input from the output of my modem, will not allow the open ports on the router to connect to my cameras as well as other hardware I use like my Synology server, etc. ? This became a T-Mobile 5G Internet show stopper for me if its the case. I noticed this is video is 11 months old. Has their been a chance on this problem? Thanks, Ken
@@NaterTater That's to bad. I would also think a VPN would slow down speed. Lets hope some day they can fix it. I read somewhere the Verison 5G version allows for port forward. Have you heard that too? Thanks for your reply.
Nate do you have to set this service up to reboot the devise (gateway) from an external 'outside' device like computer and/or smart phone. Currently i can reboot my Asus router using their app on my smart phone
If you do this for a Plex server would you need a static ip and wouldn't the plublic address (the localxpose generated address) be set as the external site in the config file?
I'm having problems getting the CMD command thing to work, I typed in the cd c:/localxpose but it says "the system cannot find the path specified" what does this mean and how do I fix it?
Its not complicated, i was network tech for 4+ years with at&t and i dealt with this kind a stuff, but as a father not being able to play with his kids while im away is killing me! Fortnite works ok on tmobile 5g internet. But anything else doesn't even load.... so i need some help here cause im desperate to play with my kiddo! To my understanding i grabbed my ps4s ip address, open a tcp port 80 or whatever than move onto the next ports for Playstation network Service i beleive therew like 5 or 6, if this is all i have to do i will send you some type of compensation because i researched and theres nothing on reddit or tmobile forums....
Hey Nater Tate thanks for the info. I am not exactly understanding how to port forward using this method. I am accustomed to going into the router and just adding my ports for TCP and UDP but how should I add my ports say 27014-27050. it is not showing on the documents or I am not understanding how to create those ports for multiple at once. If you could weigh in that would be greatly appreciated
I dont know how to fix my t mobile internet i added a router and followed instructions turned off t mobile wireless. i still lose connect i am behind an asd program for work. would this benefit ne? would i need to download Linux for the asd? i do advanced start up for the asd
@@NaterTater Thanks for your reply & great videos by the way. So then I should be able to access my device using ipv6 from out side my network right? I’ve look online to see if this is possible but I found that the only network that T-Mobile supports IPv6 natively is the AS1239 IP network which is reserved business Internet.. I’m I right or wrong on this?
So would this fix nat types for online gaming, specifically the Nintendo Switch? I'm test driving TMHI and I love the speed but you can't game online because of the nat type. I have a VPN that people say will let the NS work properly online if you add it to the router but wouldn't that make everything go through it, slow it down, and possibly not work with streaming services?
@@NaterTater I'll check further, it looks like it may require custom firmware to do that. How would a service like localxpose work on the router to provide openings for gaming? I'm already in over my head but how would installing this on anything but a router work for console gaming?
There is nothing stopping you from using (2) routers. You could have your main regular WiFi and then plug in a 2nd VPN connected router with a different SSID. I did that a bit last summer when my work VPN wasn’t working correctly with TMHI, so I used an old, 2nd router that connected to an openVPN client that I just connected my work computer through.
@@notime4264 I have the Arcadyan, with wifi off, connected to an Asus ac1900 providing the wifi. You're saying turn the wifi back on the Arcadyan, load the VPN on the Asus, and just connect consoles to the Asus?
Has anyone leveraged localxpose to view IP cameras over RTSP specifically? Hoping that's something you can do in localxpose vs cloudflare(definitely cannot stream video on cloudflare tunnels) Otherwise, I haven't been happy with localxpose. It's the same as Cloudflare tunnels, but it costs money.
I really appreciate that you're about two months ahead of me debugging (I mean working with) SAGEMCOM'S FAST 5688W 5G Gateway. Like other's have said, this is really a home user-friendly hotspot. That said, I'm generally pleased with performance and stability. I stumbled onto your vblog when I first powered up my can a month or so ago. I saw your helpful external 5G Antennas video. I subscribed. Today I spent an hour researching and learned that T-Mobile's home internet device uses "CG-NAT" protocol: That means no IPv4 port forwarding, ever. Maybe IPv6 port forwarding in the future (don't hold your breath). Then I try a RU-vid search . . . Bingo! Nater Tater's already been there and done that. And just a couple months ago. Perfect timing. Thanks. And thank you for sharing too : ) P.S. Regarding security, please note that allowing your typical home internet gateway/router to have UPnP enabled may invite serious security risks. Search for: UPnP-enabled Home Devices and Vulnerabilities
NONE of this matters when T-Mobile transmission is LOW and SLOW .... my speed test has NEVER gone over 24Mbps despite having great signal strength ..... The PING is also way too high ..... T-Mobile has a long way to go to catch up to what they advertise for internet use.
Mine is usually around 30mbps too. Extreme packet loss while gaming as well. Makes it actually unplayable(which sucks cuz I played comp for cash). Also have 4 bars and direct line of sight with the 4x4 mimo antennas. I guess there is two types of 5g, and we apparently have the weaker one that tops out at 100 mbps in a perfect sceneraio.
I feel for you, I’ve been dealing with bad Internet speed for years and paying premium prices. Finally I have my T-Mobile averaging 75Mbps during busy hours for a decent price. After moving it all over the house I finally found a sweet spot in a downstairs window, It only shows 2 bars no mater where I put it. Hope yours gets better.
@NaterTater would this work with tmobile 5g home internet for a playstation 4 to play battlefield 5 online or would it only work for xampp for my ps4 mod menu?
@@NaterTater how would i go about getting my series x to work with online gaming? I dont have a windows computer to do the script stuff your doing. When they sold this to me they said it was great and i wouldnt have any issues and thats all i have had. Can i use their google nest router to fix this or my own router. Also this is the only isp i can get where im at so idk what to do and im hella frustrated can you give me any help at all please. Im losing my mind honestly
This is not good way because it is not secured and also limited and if you have router you cannot apolied easily , for me i setup access from any network using payload on the cloud and can run it from any router device inside private network
could anyone help guid me a little on how i would use this to farward game ports i am very new to this and scared of screwing stuff up lol unfortunatly i have the kvd 21 t mobile router so from what i have seen theres not many "safe" options out there so i got into xposed and everything just didnt see anything about opening forwarding or anything about any kind of ports anywhere so i need somone who knows more then i to help point me in the right direction
I tried downloading localxpose and windows defender warning popped up. I selected to run the app anyway and nothing happened (cmd window pops up for a split second then closes). Anyone have any similiar experiences?
there is a udp bug with localxpose that doesn't allow udp server to have vpn tunnel successfully to the outside world. even localxpose themselves say this. but what no one is saying is when and if this bug will ever get fixed.
The port technical isnt open. Its a reverse proxy so you cant use a port sniffer to see it. You go to the proxy address and it will have access to your device/IP/port you sent it to.
