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UDP Tunneling solution recommendations (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I want to host a small game server for friends and myself in my home but doesn't want to open up the firewall. Any tunneling solutions supports UDP? Thnaks.

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You might try ZeroTier. You'll each need a tiny client app, but its super easy to install and setup, and extremely secure. Free to use with up to 25 devices.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Can confirm, very easy to setup clients. And since its not a VPN but a VLAN, you wont run into problems connecting between different clients.

    This is pretty much open-source Hamachi.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    For non tech savy people, is ZeroTier easier to config than Tailscale? I tried Tailscale and everyone needs a account before start playing, which can be a fraction.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Im not sure how difficult it is to setup a Tailscale client, honestly.

    The Zerotier setup is just installing and joining a network by an id. The Windows version has a bit of a GUI, where you have to right-click on a status bar icon, click Join network, paste in the id and join. The Linux version of the client has a cli, which is imho even better, as you can just send them a whole command to copy into the terminal.

    I admin a Zerotier network for a bunch of kids that wanna play Minecraft, and they havent had many problems setting up.

    There is a bunch of information on self-hosting the whole system, but Ive honestly never tried any of that. It was just nice that this was "just the open-source LogMeIn Hamachi with a superior implementation of everything".

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