Old Man Spetz Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, dmg04 said: 1. Open Hybrid VPN 2. Set your credentials on the VPN Setup -> Advance tab 3. Select any country that is far away from your location 4. Go to GeoFilter and set the radius to the lowest but instead of the ocean on the country you choose Attached below is a screenshot were I managed to get 3 of my accounts into the same Rumble lobby. Next steps are finding a way to block everyone but your two consoles, perhaps using the MAC Address or IP (theorising) Since my router is due to be delivered in the next day or two I can't see the settings or play around in them. However, I just had a thought. Using 2 connections, 2 routers, and 2 xbox's...Is there a white list setting that would allow one to add the others IP (and vice versa) and then block everything else. Then, following your steps above, set each systems vpn to the same country and the geofilter to the same... Am I just typing idiocy here or am I onto something? flwlsscrries 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wynd Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Old Man Spetz said: Since my router is due to be delivered in the next day or two I can't see the settings or play around in them. However, I just had a thought. Using 2 connections, 2 routers, and 2 xbox's...Is there a white list setting that would allow one to add the others IP (and vice versa) and then block everything else. Then, following your steps above, set each systems vpn to the same country and the geofilter to the same... Am I just typing idiocy here or am I onto something? The problem with filtering by ip is all the traffic is routed through the steam relay. You only see the steam relay servers ip. To me this seems like it needs more of a setup to block connections and have a bridged connection allowing the two devices to communicate. dmg04 and Illamathegoat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illamathegoat Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Wait so is this going to work for matchmaking with ourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Spetz Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Wynd said: The problem with filtering by ip is all the traffic is routed through the steam relay. You only see the steam relay servers ip. To me this seems like it needs more of a setup to block connections and have a bridged connection allowing the two devices to communicate. Isn't there a program that can show you all the traffic heading your way, allowing you to see and block everything that you don't want to allow in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmg04 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Old Man Spetz said: Isn't there a program that can show you all the traffic heading your way, allowing you to see and block everything that you don't want to allow in? Yeah, wireshark I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Spetz Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Wynd said: The problem with filtering by ip is all the traffic is routed through the steam relay. You only see the steam relay servers ip. To me this seems like it needs more of a setup to block connections and have a bridged connection allowing the two devices to communicate. If there's no program allowing you to pick and choose, wouldn't port forwarding with Bungies settings then allow both of the connections/routers to connect with bungie AND the two routers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wynd Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Wireshark let's you monitor packets I don't think it allows blocking of any sort though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmg04 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 12 minutes ago, Old Man Spetz said: Since my router is due to be delivered in the next day or two I can't see the settings or play around in them. However, I just had a thought. Using 2 connections, 2 routers, and 2 xbox's...Is there a white list setting that would allow one to add the others IP (and vice versa) and then block everything else. Then, following your steps above, set each systems vpn to the same country and the geofilter to the same... Am I just typing idiocy here or am I onto something? I am not a 100% sure but having two routers or just one shouldn't matter. IPs are assigned to devices after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromtheinner Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, flwlsscrries said: Dang! I can’t seem to open the images! open in ms paint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Spetz Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Just now, dmg04 said: I am not a 100% sure but having two routers or just one shouldn't matter. IPs are assigned to devices after all I was actually talking about having 2 connections and 2 routers, white listing each other. flwlsscrries 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wynd Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Old Man Spetz said: I was actually talking about having 2 connections and 2 routers, white listing each other. That's the main problem now, you can't tell who is who to white list since all connections come up as the steam relay server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Spetz Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Wynd said: That's the main problem now, you can't tell who is who to white list since all connections come up as the steam relay server. That's why I was asking about the program to reveal the traffic. It's been ages since I knew what I was doing with networking and such so these are all just brainstorming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromtheinner Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 so the bridge connection you are talking about is as follows. grab a laptop, use an online guide for connection your two main xboxes to it. setup the laptop as a wifi hub. set a vpn on the laptop to anywhere alone. connect and try to match make. test out the settings and report back. its currently something im working on. talked to a few friends that are boosters and theey seem to be having good luck with it. this is somewhat the method the other guy was using too before he jumped out of here. Old Man Spetz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmg04 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, Moe69 said: FYI https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer/matchmaking This is more my avenue I'll take a look but this seems like standard API documentation to create your own game and to implement matchmaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Spetz Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, fromtheinner said: so the bridge connection you are talking about is as follows. grab a laptop, use an online guide for connection your two main xboxes to it. setup the laptop as a wifi hub. set a vpn on the laptop to anywhere alone. connect and try to match make. test out the settings and report back. its currently something im working on. talked to a few friends that are boosters and theey seem to be having good luck with it. this is somewhat the method the other guy was using too before he jumped out of here. So I wasn't just spouting insanity? Still got it!!! lol Alright, well, my brain hurts so I am going to go play Outriders. Once I get my router I'll start playing with it and see if I can do what you just said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmg04 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 What is we leverage this to manually deny all servers but the one we want to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wynd Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, dmg04 said: What is we leverage this to manually deny all servers but the one we want to use? Knowing what all locations steam has these relay servers at would be useful. Blocking them could certainly help but would still be reliant on no one else in that area playing the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmg04 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 So I went and blocked all servers I could find (found 3) with the exception of the one closest to my VPN location I loaded into the Tower and behold, its me and me: flwlsscrries 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromtheinner Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, dmg04 said: So I went and blocked all servers I could find (found 3) with the exception of the one closest to my VPN location I loaded into the Tower and behold, its me and me: you may be onto something. where do you even see the servers? some are xbox live features like party chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illamathegoat Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, dmg04 said: So I went and blocked all servers I could find (found 3) with the exception of the one closest to my VPN location I loaded into the Tower and behold, its me and me: So I guess it worked, niceeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wynd Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, dmg04 said: So I went and blocked all servers I could find (found 3) with the exception of the one closest to my VPN location I loaded into the Tower and behold, its me and me: Very nice could you send me the ips you blocked? Going to test it on pc. I don't have the router yet and am going to test with the firewall blocking it is why im asking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmg04 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, fromtheinner said: you may be onto something. where do you even see the servers? some are xbox live features like party chat. geofilter map, for what is worth I am also in a party chat with some friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromtheinner Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, dmg04 said: geofilter map, for what is worth I am also in a party chat with some friends. what do they look like? im having issues seeing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmg04 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Wynd said: Very nice could you send me the ips you blocked? Going to test it on pc. I don't have the router yet and am going to test with the firewall blocking it is why im asking I will as soon as I am done testing this, my IU is all laggy for some reason. 1 minute ago, fromtheinner said: what do they look like? im having issues seeing them The rectangles on the map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmg04 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Some useful reminders for those testing configs: Spectating Mode: Does not restrict servers in any way, you will connect to whatever server the game wants you to. You can see servers/peers on the map and ping them. Filtering Mode: Restricts games based on your settings. Strict Mode enabled: Restricts both servers and peers to within your radius Strict Mode disabled: Restricts peers to within your radius but allows servers outside the radius By default Strict Mode is on to provide the most restrictive filtering. Illamathegoat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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