There is also Carrier Grade NAT, which basically means that you share an IP with other customers, so if you try to access your network from the outside, you will only end up at your ISP’s router, where the network is divided up for a group of customers.

Then I don’t know, I’ve set up several Wireguard VPNs on several Fritzboxes and everything works fine.

No, I specifically meant dynamic, because most ISPs only give static IPv4 for business plans, and a dynamic IP is fine if you use a dynamic DNS service (the Fritzbox has one).

But does port forwarding work for you, can you access your servers from outside your network?

If not, it’s probably carrier-grade NAT. There are several ways to fix this:

1. Call your ISP and ask them to give you your own dynamic IPv4 address.
2. Use a service like tailscale (also available in Home Assistant)

There is the Nibelungen saga, a Germanic folk tale. It is too complex to give a short summary. Part of it is the heroic story of Siegfried, the dragon slayer.

It is western and well known in Germany, but judging by the lack of English sources, not very well known elsewhere. For more, I recommend reading the German Wikipedia entry (with translation)

Bei Home Assistent hat sich im letzten halben Jahr viel getan, ich bin gespannt wo das hinführt. Bis jetzt muss man noch selbst basteln damit da was funktioniert, aber das ändert sich bestimmt bald. Ist auf jeden Fall der beste Sprachassistent wenn man seine Privatsphäre schätzt.

An old gaming PC is not inherently much worse than any other system as a simple server. If you want to save money, you can just keep using it, but it might be worth reducing the power consumption.

You could start by removing or disabling unnecessary components:

• remove the GPU if it’s not in use
• go into your BIOS and disable anything that is not in use, such as PCI Express slots and USB slots

This can significantly reduce idle power consumption.

As a next step, you could install Linux, which may reduce idle power even more by using fewer system resources.

But all in all, there is no better solution to your heat problem than to move the server to another room. Even my Raspberry Pi and router together produce a noticeable heat in my room.