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  1. Playing Games Behind IP Masquerade?

    Games · Games · · posted by Cliff · from the breaking-thru-the-firewall dept. · 88 comments
    Accipiter asks: "I've configured an internal network to use a Linux box as a gateway using IP Masquerading, and it works beautifully -- except for some off-the-wall things. Recently, I installed Total Annihilation on a Windows box behind the firewall, and I found that it can't connect to other games on the boneyards server (Total Annihilation's Multiplayer setup). How does one configure networked games (specifically TA) on the INSIDE of a network to use servers out on the net?" Most of this is handled in the IP Masquerading HOWTO in particular section 7.22 and the section, appropriately titled, Game Clients. (Read More)

    The main problem with Linux IP Masquerading is that, for a few games, you must forward specific ports to a single game machine. This is contrary to programs like Wingate, which implements Internet sharing for Windows for the whole internal network.

    Is anyone working for some kind of redirection protocol for Linux that would remove this restriction and allow all masqueraded machines to play games without the need to redirect to a single machine?

    You might also want to check out the Masq Apps page, which lists a cornucopia of games and how to get them working with IP Masquerading.