# How to enable remote access / port forwarding

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**Category:** Remote Access\
**Tags:** server-nvidia-shield\
**Created:** [February 16, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-enable-remote-access-port-forwarding/776753 "2022-02-16T18:19:23Z")\
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Ask your ISP whether your connection suffers from [Carrier-Grade NAT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT)  
And if so, if there is a way to change that.  
Some ISPs will perform this change without extra fee, some will want extra money to do it.  
(and the really evil ones will tell you that this is only possible when you rent a “fixed IP” for a hefty surcharge)

P.S.: And lose the UDP protocol in your port forwarding.

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