Hi. I made a minecraft server and it works. Have used it with NGROK to port forward the server so it can be played with my friends. But the problem is with NGROK’s 1gb bandwith limit. How can I use vpn by creating my own vpn using OPENVPN to play the server with friends. I don’t have access to my college’s router, so I could not port forward via the router
Take a look at ZeroTier.
It lets you create private networks, similar to VPN, without any port forwarding at all. You create a network → everyone joins it → you can ping each other and anyone can host any gameserver. It’s also free for like 20 clients per network.
Unless you can host OpenVPN server somewhere else and just be a client, since it requires port forwarding/ipv6 to connect to it.
I recommend tailscale, it’s built on wireguard, and doesn’t require a server, as it can direct connect or use a relay.
You could buy a cheap VPS and route the traffic through there with a VPN like Tailscale and a reverse proxy like nginx!
Hey! If you’re running into issues with NGROK’s 1GB limit, you can use OpenVPN to get around it. Here’s how:
- Get a Cloud Server: Use a service like AWS, DigitalOcean, or any other cloud provider to get a server you can fully control.
- Install OpenVPN: Set up OpenVPN on this server. There are guides online that can walk you through it step-by-step.
- Connect Your Minecraft Server: Make your Minecraft server connect to the OpenVPN server. This way, the VPN will handle the port forwarding.
- Share the VPN IP: Give your friends the VPN’s IP address to join your Minecraft server.
This way, you don’t need to worry about NGROK’s bandwidth limit or your college’s router settings. It might take a bit to set up, but once it’s done, you’re good to go!
Hope that helps!
Hamachi probably also works.
Yes of course it works
There’s also Radmin VPN which also should work