How I self-host this blog at home with a dynamic IPv4 address and IPv6 prefix, with a dash of Wireguard

Networking has long been my Achilles heel. I know the very basics, but the more complex areas of networking have been a bit puzzling to me. By the time I figured out how IPv4 works, I found IPv6 and that my ISP supports it. Back to square one. That didn’t stop me from learning some bits, and after 8+ years of self-hosting as a hobby, I’ve settled on a setup that works for me and overcomes common residential internet connection nuances, such as dynamic IPv4 addresses and changing IPv6 prefixes. I’m sharing these tips and tricks with the goal of helping out other hobbyists out there that happen to share a similar stack. Background My ISP is polite enough to provide a public IPv4 address, and allowing incoming traffic is a toggle in their online self-service. Not perfect, but at least you can do it. However, they charge about 6 EUR a month for the static IP address service, which I am not willing to pay out of principle. They also support IPv6, which is great, and they provide you a…