Here’s what I want: To connect an external Nintendo switch to my internal Minecraft server.

My server has Wireguard and Tailscale on it. Issue is, the switch doesn’t support any VPN anything. And phone hotspots don’t forward a VPN connection. I don’t want to use a router, but using a laptop connected to Wireguard may work.

I don’t know if this is possible, but could I rent a VPC, and have it forward just Minecraft through?

i.e. switch user connects to “vpc.ip.address:port” and the VPC forwards that to “my.public.ip:port”->“local.ip.server:port”

If so, if there any way to authenticate/restrict this?

Thanks!!

  • grayatrox@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Sorry, I wasn’t clear enough before. My bad. Your friend needs to do the bridging, or do like you said, rent a vps, put wireguard on it and have your friend connect to the vps. I’ve never done it, however I’ve seen people host other services that way when they are stuck behind a CGNAT.