OpenVPN,Bridging for LAN Games, Success with one problem
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Hi everyone. I managed to get OpenVPN working like Hamachi through this guide: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1663797
(we can ping each other, view each other's files just fine, etc.)However, this setup only works with games that allow direct IP connection input option. (so i can just enter my friends ip eg 8.0.0.101)
If the game requires you to connect through a "LAN game List" that is dynamically created by the game, nothing shows up in the list. Games that allow both, the direct IP connection works but the list still shows nothing. So I know everything except the lists are working properly.
I currently have the VPN interface bridged with OPT1 lan, which has dhcp set up but no internet connection or connection to the real LAN interface.
I am assuming this uses some kind of windows protocol or something that is being filtered out by firewall rules.
Does anyone know anything about the way this works? Any help is appreciated. Much thanks!
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Just wanted to note that I solved this problem and it was related to Windows 7 network connection metrics.
By setting the network connection metric of the TAP-Win32 Adapter I was able to get the games to broadcast to the proper machines.
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Thanks!
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What metric did u use
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I used the following command and distributed it with my OpenVPN installer that contains the client key files as well.
netsh interface ipv4 set interface "Interface Name" metric=1
Set the Tap-32 adapter as the interface name. So whatever you have named it put in there. That should make all broadcasts reach the VPN first when the adapter is active.
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Thanks, but where did you put the command?
Do you mean in the box "Additional configuration options" in the export client tab?
Or should i download the files and edit the config?