Networking on Alemasone

Self-Hosted VPN: Best Solutions for Your Private Network

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:40:22 +0000

A VPN installed at your home serves one specific purpose: reaching your network from the outside in an encrypted way, to access your file server, cameras, or office computer. It doesn’t hide your browsing, because traffic still leaves through your line with your IP address. If you install it on a rented server instead, everything changes: we will see that below.

This is the distinction that decides everything. If you want to hide from your ISP or bypass geo-blocks, a home VPN won’t do that job. If, however, you want to access your devices remotely and securely, managing it yourself is the best solution: free and without third parties involved.

playit.gg: Host Game Servers Without Port Forwarding

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 22:46:40 +0000

playit.gg solves a specific problem: making a game server running on your computer reachable from the outside without touching your router. It creates a tunnel to its servers and gives you a public address to share with friends. This is especially useful if your connection uses a shared IP, where port forwarding wouldn’t work anyway.

Here is how it works: a small program on your computer opens an outbound connection to the playit servers, which then route incoming traffic back to you. Since the connection starts from inside, there is nothing to configure on your router.

How to Create a Minecraft Server with Friends Using Tailscale

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:47:46 +0000

For a Minecraft server with friends, Hamachi has had its day: today you can do the same thing with Tailscale, which creates a private network between your computers without opening ports on your router and without complicated configurations. The free plan covers unlimited devices for up to six people, exactly the size of a group playing together.

The problem is always the same: the server runs on one person’s computer, but others are behind different routers and cannot reach it. There are three solutions (opening ports, using a tunnel, or creating a private network) and the last one is the simplest and least risky.