How to create working server which supports LAN gaming?

ninjakivi2

So I want to create a server using OpenVPN so I am able to play LAN games. I know I could use other software like Hamachi or Tunngle, but those programs are very unreliable, so I want to try something else. The real problem is that OpenVPN is very difficult to set up, and I need a guide on how to create a working server.

I have managed to follow one of the guides on the internet on how to create the server, and my FriendClient connected to it, but we cannot see games on LAN.

If you replay, please assume I have no expirience with the program, and I need step by step guide on how to do each, even simple task. If you just tell me to create some random bridge, I will have no clue what you're talking about, so at least give me a link to guide.

Many thanks.

Traffic

ninjakivi2 wroteIf you just tell me to create some random bridge, I will have no clue what you're talking about, so at least give me a link to guide

Start by reading the OpenVPN HOWTO's:
HOWTO: For OpenVPN Community Edition

For LAN Games you will almost certainly require a bridged server so read this carefully as well:
http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/miscellaneous/ethernet-bridging.html

ninjakivi2

I thank you for the answer, now I actually understand what the keys and certificates are for, and how the whole system works. You see, I came across the pages before, but at first glance it didn't look like a full guide and if it wouldn't be, I would've wasted hours reading it, then getting nothing done.

Now I would like someone to post server and client configuration file, with everything it needs to run lan games. I am aware that I will need to change some parts of it to suit my file names and IP, but now I know how to do this. Meanwhile, I will try to create the config myself, but it looks a bit confusing, and needs lots of configuration, so I am asking for help.

If nobody replies, I will post my own config files asking for someone to check it in case it won't work.

Traffic

ninjakivi2 wroteNow I would like someone to post server and client configuration file, with everything it needs to run lan games

Try this:
http://tinyurl.com/kvujnjc

innogen

ninjakivi2 wroteIf nobody replies, I will post my own config files asking for someone to check it in case it won't work.

Are you still a college student? If you're, you could ask your college bros to help you out.

If you're working, then I'd suggest that you engage and pay for a freelancer to help you out.

I'm curious: why do you need your LAN gaming setup to be VPNed?

ninjakivi2

innogen wroteAre you still a college student?

I am a college student, but I study Games Development and I'm 100% sure none of my friends would be able to do what I can, because course topics are more focused on 3D modelling and using gamemaker.

Programming is my hobby; that's how I can follow most of the things I find on the internet, but I never came across networking. I also learn new stuff real fast.

innogen wroteI'm curious: why do you need your LAN gaming setup to be VPNed?

I don't need my LAN to be VPNed. I just want to be able to play LAN on games which are only playable via LAN. I could just still use stuff like evolve or tunngle, but I have way too many problems using them, like friends forgetting password, random connection to server loss, major connection slowdown, or just 5% of the time the LAN game just doesn't show on servers list.

These things have buggered me so much I just had to do something about this, and that's how I ended up here. (From reddit) I have heard the program has good reputation, so I decided to test it out.

Getting back to the topic - I still haven't tried to create the config files, but I will when I find some spare time.

Traffic

innogen wrotem curious: why do you need your LAN gaming setup to be VPNed?

This is for remote participants in the game .....

ninjakivi2 wroteGetting back to the topic - I still haven't tried to create the config files, but I will when I find some spare time.

Traffic wroteTry this:
http://tinyurl.com/kvujnjc