PfSense as VPN Tunnel concentrator for LAN Gaming
-
Hello All,
I want to ask a question about vpn tunnel for lan gaming. I have a pfSense installation in a remote location in a Datacenter. With some friends very often we are all get together in a house for lan partys. Is this possible to connect all to the remote pfsense i have with open vpn so some players that are remote can connect also to this vpn server and all play together LAN games ?
Thanks
-
"With some friends very often we are all get together in a house for lan partys."
You are all in the same house - why would you want to use a remote system to connect them? They should already be on the same lan - using remote system to connect the systems via a vpn would just introduce a huge amount of latency – which is something you would not want on a lan game!!
-
As long as your games don't rely on broadcasts to locate the servers and are fully routeable it should work with a standard tun mode Remote Access OpenVPN.
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/OpenVPN_Remote_Access_Server
Won't the remote users be at a perceptible disadvantage? I suppose you could put the game server on OPT1 and the local users on LAN and use a limiter to make the LAN users behave more like the remote users if that's an issue.
-
"With some friends very often we are all get together in a house for lan partys."
You are all in the same house - why would you want to use a remote system to connect them? They should already be on the same lan - using remote system to connect the systems via a vpn would just introduce a huge amount of latency – which is something you would not want on a lan game!!
You are right about that , the problem is how the remote users will connect to our game . A game that uses broadcast packets to host and join games. I have thought that if we connect to a central VPN Server both remote players will manage to connect to our game . I don't know if somehow the players that are in the same house can continue to use the wire connection so the latency will be small .
Thanks
-
As long as your games don't rely on broadcasts to locate the servers and are fully routeable it should work with a standard tun mode Remote Access OpenVPN.
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/OpenVPN_Remote_Access_Server
Won't the remote users be at a perceptible disadvantage? I suppose you could put the game server on OPT1 and the local users on LAN and use a limiter to make the LAN users behave more like the remote users if that's an issue.
Unfortunately these games we play use broadcast packets for hosting and joining sessions.
-
It's possible to create what amounts to a bridge using tap mode. I've never done it. Maybe I'll have time to do it today. It is not a recommended configuration.
Are these all going to be configured as "Remote Access" users?
-
It's possible to create what amounts to a bridge using tap mode. I've never done it. Maybe I'll have time to do it today. It is not a recommended configuration.
Are these all going to be configured as "Remote Access" users?
Hi! .
Yes they all are going to be remote access users .
Thanks a lot !
-
I think most of what you need is here: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=46984.0
I don't think you need the fix package any more. That post is a couple years old. I don't see it listed in available packages.
-
I think most of what you need is here: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=46984.0
I don't think you need the fix package any more. That post is a couple years old. I don't see it listed in available packages.
Thanks !! I will try the guide!
