So here is the setup. I have a Minecraft game open to LAN on a Windows 7 desktop. Like 192.168.1.60:65079, I want to play with my friend in a different city, my router is Asus RT-AC66U which has a VPN server built in. My friend is using a Mac and connect to the VPN, with an IP like 192.168.10.2.
I can nslookup his computer and vice versa, so I know the VPN is working. I can connect to a LAN game that he makes, but he can't connect to mine. I tried to connect to my LAN game at school today with vpn with my laptop and it worked fine.
So what would be any possible reasons that he can't connect with his mac but I can with windows, and his firewall is off. Could a firewall on his router be blocking it? Thanks.
You haven't quite provided enough info to understand where the problem is exactly.
Connecting to a LAN game has a couple of parts. First the host/server sends out 'announcements'. These let the LAN game show up on the guest's list of servers so you can click to join. If this part doesn't work, it implies the problem is at your friend's MAC end.
Even without the announcement working you can 'direct connect' if you know the right IP address to connect to. If this part doesn't work, it implies the problem is most likely at the server's end blocking the incoming connection.
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I can nslookup his computer and vice versa, so I know the VPN is working. I can connect to a LAN game that he makes, but he can't connect to mine. I tried to connect to my LAN game at school today with vpn with my laptop and it worked fine.
So what would be any possible reasons that he can't connect with his mac but I can with windows, and his firewall is off. Could a firewall on his router be blocking it? Thanks.
Connecting to a LAN game has a couple of parts. First the host/server sends out 'announcements'. These let the LAN game show up on the guest's list of servers so you can click to join. If this part doesn't work, it implies the problem is at your friend's MAC end.
Even without the announcement working you can 'direct connect' if you know the right IP address to connect to. If this part doesn't work, it implies the problem is most likely at the server's end blocking the incoming connection.