[pptp-server] Vpn and games

[Noel Schaefer]

well after a 2 months of playing with vpn i have finally
make a vpn connection from the remote client to the local
client ( remote <------>vpn-server<------>local computer )

It was not easy i had to figure out what was blocking the
connection .

It would appear that the tunneled connection does not
broadcast on the local network, so to get a vpn connection
you have to tell the vpn client the ip of the computer that
you are connecting too !

if you wanted to play Ta-Kindmos you would have to the look
for the computer ip that is hosting the game.
Say the remote client would like to connect to a game on the
local, then you would start the game up and look for a game.

Using " find a game using IP address " the click on " Update
list " some times you have to repeat this many times to see the
local game.

Once you are in you can play as if you where on a normal local
connection.

For games like Half-life you both start a lan game
then on the local system you will pull down the tremal
and type "connect ip here " and the game will start.

I have found that if you do this the other way around remote connect
to a local game then the connection will die !!

So this is a easy way around a annoying problem.

For games that rely on broadcast instead of ip to ip
you will not be able to connect to a such as Homeworld.

As far as games that us broadcasting to find each other you might
need a NIS running to resolve the names to ip or for that mater
the broadcast from one subnet to any other !

This may vary for some of you, which depends on how you have you
network setup ( and or pptp server ) !

Good luck and happy tunneling !