Lautaro
Hey there!
I'm very inexperienced when it comes to OpenVPN and would like some help with some questions I have.
So, for context, I have an online game server with 200 - 300 connected players at all times. Over 60% of them are from Philippines and recently they have been experiencing higher ping than usual to the game, and many have connection issues, getting disconnected every 5 minutes or so. My game server is located at Michigan (dedicated server with Liquidweb).
Alright, so I've been thinking of getting a dedicated server somewhere in ASIA with good connectivity to my datacenter in Michigan and setting it up purely for VPN. I would then allow my players to connect to this "private" VPN so they can have a lower ping since the VPN server would be much closer to them and the connection between datacenters would be way faster than client -> server.
That being said, here are my questions:
> Is this a viable option at all? I mean, is my theory correct about the connection being more reliable since they would be connecting to a server that is much closer to them and that server would have faster speeds to my datacenter?
> If this is indeed a good option, how many connections could I have with one server? (what specs would I need the server to have?)
> Would it be possible to throttle internet speeds for anything else that is not part of my game servers? (the only use of this VPN would be to play my game, I don't want my players being able to start downloading torrents or anything else)
I think that's all I have to ask for now, I'm sure I'll have a lot more to ask later on but for now those are my main questions about this idea.
Thanks a lot in advance for taking your time to read this post and answer my questions.
Regards,
Lau
