[GUIDE] How to setup VPN for game streaming

[mrl4214]

I got VPN working on my shield... Quality is pretty good over LTE although with a lot more audio delay but that could just be LTE.

Step 1. Go to the Network and Sharing center and click the Change adapter settings button

Step 2. Press file -> new -> New Incoming Connection. Mirror settings below

Select user that you use. This will have the same user/pass as your computer

Step 3. Go to settings on your shield. Go to more -> vpn -> plus button (you may have to set a pin or pattern if you don't already)

Enter a name, your external ip address (or dynamic dns)

Step 5. Open the port TCP 1723 and GRE on your router. On fios actiontec this can be found in Port Fowarding and using the "PPTP" preset service.

Step 6. Click the new VPN entry on your Shield. Login and if all goes well it should say "Connected" YAY!

 

[agrabren]

Great instructions, but my streaming PC isn't being detected.

 

[blinkdragonid]

NICE! Thanks.

 

[Lord fiSh]

should be noted that PPTP issn't secure. Same works for me via IPSec

 

[PR0XIDIAN]

Oh. My. God. I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN!!! My Galaxy Note ll has full bars of T-Mobile LTE at my job. (Speedtests of 40MB/s and above). My home internet is 170mb/s and above. This is PERFECT! (Also note that the G-Note ll has unlimited data tethering as I work for TMO lol).

 

[hurrpancakes]

I have unlimited tethering too! (As long as I use a vpn!

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[aDigitalPhantom]

It will work better if the computer accepting the vpn connections has a static ip

 

[unisasquatch]

ok so am I forwarding to the IP on the shield or on the pc?

 

[aDigitalPhantom]

the pc you are using to accept the vpn connection

 

[unisasquatch]

My isp is a jerk and I don't have access to the router configuration. Having the hardest time getting this set up since I have to tell them what to do over the phone. They apparently don't see anything on gre. Just Ip, forward port, and protocols TCP, UDP, and both

 

[aDigitalPhantom]

My isp is a jerk and I don't have access to the router configuration. Having the hardest time getting this set up since I have to tell them what to do over the phone. They apparently don't see anything on gre. Just Ip, forward port, and protocols TCP, UDP, and both

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Step 5. Open the port TCP 1723 and GRE (General Routing Encapsulation) on your router. On fios actiontec this can be found in Port Fowarding and using the "PPTP" preset service.

 

[unisasquatch]

I probably do not have the same router, so the configuration isn't going to be the same. either way, I'm doing it over the phone because my ISP won't give configuration privileges, even if you have your own router.

 

[aDigitalPhantom]

what model router do you have? Also it will still be port forwarding and General Routing Encapsulation that need to be configured.

 

[unisasquatch]

I have a comtrend Nexuslink 3100u. Its the isp's provided modem/router.

I never got the GRE setting figured out. So I tried setting an IP range in the IPv4 properties of the incoming. I now have a VPN, but I still can't access my streaming PC.

 

[ApexoftheVortex]

I've noticed after I got connected through the VPN my geforce PC was coming up as offline when I looked but when I tried to launch steam it seemed to work and launch all my games, it can get a little funky though sometimes it just won't work other times it works fine

 

[unisasquatch]

Yup. I've been toying with it a bit now and I got it to work. I could probably use a bit more upload speed on the local side.

 

[HobsonA]

Am I reading this right? Does this allow usage of the streaming feature while not being local?

As mentioned above it says sound is way off, but what about the video?

 

[unisasquatch]

Am I reading this right? Does this allow usage of the streaming feature while not being local?

As mentioned above it says sound is way off, but what about the video?

My home internet runs the upload speed at 1mbps. Not great. If I run the hotspot from 3 bars of 4G on my phone to my shield, I can stream my pc games to my shield at a playable speed.

 

[ApexoftheVortex]

I seem to have a problem if I'm a certain distance from my house on 4g hotspot it always disconnects in the middle of a game, could it be because of my home internet connection

 

[HobsonA]

My home internet runs the upload speed at 1mbps. Not great. If I run the hotspot from 3 bars of 4G on my phone to my shield, I can stream my pc games to my shield at a playable speed.

That's awesome to hear, especially since in my experience my hotspots tend to have a higher latency than regular connections. By the way after the audio update how is the audio sync with video on your hotspot? What would you estimate your average latency to be from your input to action taking place in game?