AH-64D how to play with a friend without « port forwarding »

[Dangerzone]

2 hours ago, macedk said:

Open vpn is a death sentence to all security. 

Can you please clarify - do you mean OpenVPN as in the protocol OpenVPN, or do you mean 'an Open VPN' such as Hamache? 

[QuiGon]

12 hours ago, macedk said:

Also if possible, get your own router and the details from your isp, if they allow it. 

This!
 

12 hours ago, macedk said:

Most common isp's won't becuase 99 out of 100 will break their connection and blame the isp.

In Germany ISPs are actually forced by law to allow it, although they still sometimes try to talk you out of it, but in the end they can't deny you to use your own router of choice. Don't how it is in Switzerland though.

[Flanky83]

Some update on my side.

I spend several hours with some expert from support.

It turned out, I have a dedicated public address. It’s not shared. So all should be ok. We tried port forwarding the port 10308, but all checks done on portchecker.co/checking showed that the port is closed. They didn’t understand it, and told me that the port is open.

Now I got it. Of course the port is closed. The port is only existing when I create a multiplayer server. I learned a lot during this exercise! Best training ever!

I’m sorry for it. All is good!

Now: “get to the Choppaaaa”

Edited December 1, 2022 by Flanky83

[zildac]

17 minutes ago, Flanky83 said:

Some update on my side.

I spend several hours with some expert from support.

It turned out, I have a dedicated public address. It’s not shared. So all should be ok. We tried port forwarding the port 10308, but all checks done on portchecker.co/checking showed that the port is closed. They didn’t understand it, and told me that the port is open.

Now I got it. Of course the port is closed. The port is only existing when I create a multiplayer server. I learned a lot during this exercise! Best training ever!

I’m sorry for it. All is good!

Now: “get to the Choppaaaa”

 

Glad you got it sorted.

[QuiGon]

6 hours ago, Flanky83 said:

Some update on my side.

I spend several hours with some expert from support.

It turned out, I have a dedicated public address. It’s not shared. So all should be ok. We tried port forwarding the port 10308, but all checks done on portchecker.co/checking showed that the port is closed. They didn’t understand it, and told me that the port is open.

Now I got it. Of course the port is closed. The port is only existing when I create a multiplayer server. I learned a lot during this exercise! Best training ever!

I’m sorry for it. All is good!

Now: “get to the Choppaaaa”

Glad you sorted that out and thanks for letting us know how you got it working in the end! That might help others as well

[macedk]

18 hours ago, Flanky83 said:

Some update on my side.

I spend several hours with some expert from support.

It turned out, I have a dedicated public address. It’s not shared. So all should be ok. We tried port forwarding the port 10308, but all checks done on portchecker.co/checking showed that the port is closed. They didn’t understand it, and told me that the port is open.

Now I got it. Of course the port is closed. The port is only existing when I create a multiplayer server. I learned a lot during this exercise! Best training ever!

I’m sorry for it. All is good!

Now: “get to the Choppaaaa”

 

Nice. And yes networking can be fun to explore. 
In general (very basic) if your pc initiate a call out the the internet, then when the reply comes back it is "ok'ed" by your pc because asked for it. And ports are opened. But if your test to see if it is open, well it can't reply or wont because it is in use (in this case) by dcs :). 

Also a little tip. If you have a small power outage (blinking room light etc) and your internet experience is really weird, then it might be a good thing to restart your router. That 4 millisecond blink in power can be like an explosion to a router. 

[macedk]

On 11/29/2022 at 11:05 PM, Dangerzone said:

Can you please clarify - do you mean OpenVPN as in the protocol OpenVPN, or do you mean 'an Open VPN' such as Hamache? 

https://www.vpnreactor.com/is-hamachi-safe/

[Dangerzone]

57 minutes ago, macedk said:

https://www.vpnreactor.com/is-hamachi-safe/

Thanks for the clarification. I thought you originally meant OpenVPN.

[Rav]

If you need to set up a VPN but don't have the skill to setup OpenVPN or Wireguard and don't trust Hamachi, have a look at https://www.zerotier.com/