Tinc for gaming

[Guus Sliepen]

On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 07:10:05PM -0500, Russell Handorf wrote:

> I have the same thing set up- because of how certain games use the 'lan 
> lobby', it only broadcasts on the local subnets. IE, if your IP subnet 
> is 192.168.1.0/24 and your friends is 192.168.2.0/24, then there are two 
> separate 'lan lobby' broadcasts that are going to occur. You either have to:
> 
> 1. Setup a IPTABLES firewall to mangle the packets and rebroadcast
> 2. Write a program to forward these broadcasts into the other subnets
> 3. Use the 'direct connect' feature in most games, where you enter the 
> hosts IP address

4. Use Mode = switch, and use bridging if necessary.

This works with any network protocol, not just UDP broadcasts. However,
option 3 is the best option, if it is available.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
     Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
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