https://www.companionway.net/categories/homelab/ Recent content in Homelab on Companionway Hugo en Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.companionway.net/post/bypassing-router-ports-with-cloudflare-tunnels/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.companionway.net/post/bypassing-router-ports-with-cloudflare-tunnels/ <h1 id="-how-i-bypassed-my-routers-port-lockout-to-host-a-secure-home-server-for-free">🌐 How I Bypassed My Router&rsquo;s Port Lockout to Host a Secure Home Server for Free</h1> <p>If you have ever tried to host a web server or self-hosted app from your home network, you have probably hit a brick wall known as &ldquo;port hijacking.&rdquo; 🚧</p> <p>Many consumer ISP routers reserve standard HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443) ports for their own internal administrative interfaces or remote management systems. 🔒 Because the router locks these ports down at the hardware level, you cannot forward inbound web traffic on ports 80 or 443 to a local machine on your private network.</p>