Port Forwarding Question (Calyx service with MIFI 8000)

[Lancerow]

Is there anyway to open ports with Calyx's service? I have the MIFI 8000 and it seems nothing works. Is it because there is no static IP? Is there a way to get one, or to workaround it?

[thejohnfist]

What do you mean by "nothing works"?

What are you trying to accomplish?

[Lancerow]

I can't forward any ports as per the title.

You can't add anything into the MIFI 8000 port forwarding section because it says the IP is "not a valid IP address," which I assume is because they give you a non-dedicated IP. What I was wondering was if there was a workaround, because I need to open a port for torrents.

[Didneywhorl]

Prob be easier to build your own router and modem setup to do this. We do it all the time.

The "hotspot" devices are very limited.

True port forwarding I think works best with a static IP. Sprint allows this for very cheap, but I'm not sure it can be requested on a Calyx/MobileConnect/PCsForPeople account.

Dang sure don't want to tell them your running torrents

[Didneywhorl]

To answer directly on the MIFI8000. I personally don't know and haven't tried to port forward with it.

[thejohnfist]

I'd be careful doing a lot of torrents. You'll likely get flagged and account killed. This is all non-profit stuff, they don't need anyone

[Lancerow]

Torrents aren't illegal them self, you know. I use them for sharing self created content.

I also need the ports opened for a game as well.