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VPN (WireGuard)

On Android, GameLodge has a built-in WireGuard VPN to stream from your hosts while you're away from home. It connects only when it's needed.

VPN

Add a tunnel

  1. Export a WireGuard configuration (.conf) from your router or VPN server – on a FRITZ!Box under Internet → Permit Access → VPN (WireGuard).
  2. Settings → VPN → Add tunnel and pick the file.

The first tunnel is the default tunnel. The status card at the top connects or disconnects it by hand.

Connect automatically

Automatic VPN

  • Connect when the host isn't reachable: when you start a stream and the host can't be reached, GameLodge connects the VPN first, then wakes the host and starts the game.
  • Only outside the home network: never connects at home. List your home networks:

Home networks

Add the current network, the current IP or enter addresses, subnets (192.168.1.0/24) or ranges (192.168.1.10-192.168.1.50) by hand. The device is at home when one of its addresses matches. - Disconnect after the stream ends the tunnel again – only if GameLodge connected it for the stream.

Per host

Each host chooses its tunnel in its settings: Automatic (the tunnel whose allowed IPs cover the host's address, else the default one), a fixed tunnel, or none.

Waking a host through the VPN

Wake-on-LAN packets usually don't pass a VPN. Use a Home Assistant entity as wake method for hosts you stream from away from home.

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