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--- en:tools:radmin_vpn [2022-04-01-21-42] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation 7saturn
+++ en:tools:radmin_vpn [2023-12-09-18-28] (current) – [What is this Happening?] 7saturn
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 ====== Radmin VPN ======
 ===== General Information =====
-Radmin VPN is a [[..:network_terms:vpn]] service, which can also be used for free. The software is interesting because it makes it relatively easy to set up a VPN where you can play LAN games over the Internet. Users can be invited to separate groups, which can also be private (password protected). The biggest disadvantage, however, is that all hosts are located in a large subnet with mask 255.0.0.0. This means that 16,777,214 hosts can be reached via broadcast or single IP query. Thus, games that use this method to find matches in the same network are practically unusable, as the sheer number of hosts can hardly be scanned. On the other hand, games with direct IP input can be played very well with it.
+Radmin VPN is a [[..:network_terms:VPN]] service, which can also be used for free. The software is interesting because it makes it relatively easy to set up a VPN where you can play LAN games over the Internet. Users can be invited to separate groups, which can also be private (password protected). The biggest disadvantage, however, is that all hosts are located in a large subnet with mask 255.0.0.0. This means that 16,777,214 hosts can be reached via broadcast or single IP query. Thus, games that use this method to find matches in the same network are practically unusable, as the sheer number of hosts can hardly be scanned. On the other hand, games with direct IP input can be played very well with it.
 The software is available [[http://www.radmin-vpn.com/|here]].
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 ===== I Cannot Find My Other PCs or Games Locally =====
 You might run into the problem, that you cannot find computers on the local network any more, automatically. You can try and connect to them via their IP, possibly even with their host name, but in the list of found hosts, your local computers do not turn up on the >>Network<< list.
-==== What is this Happening? ====
+==== Why is this Happening? ====
-As Radmin resets the metric of its virtual network card to 1 automatically, it will become the first network card to be used. Many games simply only use one network interface (e.g. [[..:games:unreal_tournament_2004]]), when querying the local network. As this is usually only the first one, you can only find games on the Radmin VPN network. Of course, when entering the IP address manually, the computer knows exactly on which network card he can reach the destination IP and simply uses the right one. So you can connect directly, but not query all local servers e.g. via [[..:network_terms:broadcast]].
+As Radmin resets the metric of its virtual network card to 1 automatically, it will become the first network card to be used. Many games simply only use one network interface (e.g. [[..:games:Unreal Tournament 2004]]), when querying the local network. As this is usually only the first one, you can only find games on the Radmin VPN network. Of course, when entering the IP address manually, the computer knows exactly on which network card he can reach the destination IP and simply uses the right one. So you can connect directly, but not query all local servers e.g. via [[..:network_terms:Broadcast]].
 ==== Why are they doing this to me? ====
 Actually, depending on your situation, that might be a desired behavior. When above mentioned games are to be used in combination with Radmin (you actually //want// them to find games on the VPN) it //becomes necessary// for the Radmin VPN to be the first network to be present. Otherwise you would not find games hosted somewhere on the VPN. So it is actually an enhancement of the user experience. The major drawback of course is the situation, when you have Radmin installed and active, but right now want to find games on the LAN, not the VPN. But you can solve that problem.