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# Keep inbound access working when your backup internet is behind CGNAT


Backup internet is often LTE, 5G, fixed wireless, cable, or another connection that does not have the same public IP behavior as your primary WAN. NeedPorts keeps your public endpoint stable even when the target machine reconnects through a different outbound path.

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## The common backup-WAN problem


A failover router can move outbound traffic from your primary ISP to a backup connection, but inbound port forwarding may break immediately if the backup ISP uses CGNAT, blocks inbound ports, or assigns a different dynamic address.


### Primary WAN


Port forwarding may work when cable, fiber, or business internet is online.


### Backup WAN


The same services may disappear from the public internet when LTE/5G or another CGNAT connection takes over.


## NeedPorts gives you a stable public side


- Your host connects outbound to NeedPorts, so it does not require direct inbound routing from the backup ISP.
- Your assigned public endpoint and port range stay the same for remote users.
- If the local client reconnects after WAN failover, remote access can resume without changing DNS, router rules, or customer-facing connection details.
- This works well for SSH, dashboards, APIs, self-hosted apps, game servers, and other services you control.


## Good backup internet scenarios


- small offices that fail over to LTE or 5G
- homelabs with cellular backup WAN
- remote sites where the primary ISP is unreliable
- temporary deployments where the backup link is the only practical connection
- monitoring, admin, and support access that should survive an ISP outage


## Important caveat


Your router, firewall, or host still needs to fail over outbound connectivity correctly. NeedPorts is not the WAN failover engine; it is the public inbound endpoint that continues to work when the host can reconnect outbound over the backup path.


## Plans start small


NeedPorts plans start at **$5/month** or **$30/year** for 25 dedicated ports. That is enough for many remote-access, self-hosting, and backup-connection use cases, with larger plans available when you need more services exposed or more throughput.

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## Related reading


Continue with these adjacent NeedPorts guides.

[LTE and 5G port forwarding](/lte-5g-port-forwarding.html)[Failover remote access](/failover-internet-remote-access.html)[Home server without public IP](/remote-access-home-server-without-public-ip.html)[Back to Guides](/guides.html)

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