<ul><li>Transforming your old laptop or even a Raspberry Pi into a functional server is beneficial and cost-effective</li><li>Accessing local devices through IP address is possible, but Network Address Translation (NAT) makes it challenging</li><li>You can purchase a static IP address for your router to avoid changing the IP address dynamically</li><li>The exact steps of forwarding internet requests to your local device may vary depending on the router you are using</li><li>Enabling DMZ exposes your device directly to the internet, making it vulnerable to attacks</li><li>An alternative is setting up port forwarding that allows forwarding only traffic from a specific port to the configured device</li><li>You can avoid DMZ or port forwarding issues by assigning static IP addresses to your device</li><li>Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) is a service that allows automatically updating your router's IP address in DNS records</li><li>Duck DNS is a free DDNS service that supports various methods to update the IP address</li><li>Carrier-grade NAT added by the ISP might prevent inbound connection to your devices</li></ul>

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