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Vysse's avatar
Vysse
Aspirant
Apr 24, 2020

Questions About XR500 and Home Game Server Hosting

I am thinking about purchasing this router in hopes to help handle some potential DDoS attacks down the road for my home hosted game server. I am wondering if this is a realistic approach and if so what VPN will allow me to do this? I have tried to setup my own VPN on a VPS but have had no luck so am hoping this router will make that process more understandable. Essentially I would want to allow others to connect to my game server without exposing my IP and also to have them be able to access a webserver on the default port 80. Please give any info you might have on the reality of being able to do this. Thanks

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  • Netduma-Fraser's avatar
    Netduma-Fraser
    NetDuma Partner
    Apr 25, 2020
    Are you expecting there to be attacks? Any VPN would be fine, I would suggest looking into specific gaming VPNs though for speed. I'm not sure about the web server though, in theory it should work.
    • Vysse's avatar
      Vysse
      Aspirant
      Apr 26, 2020
      Yes I'm expecting there will be attacks. The kind of game server I'm hosting can be competitive and people ddos servers sometimes.
      • Netduma-Fraser's avatar
        Netduma-Fraser
        NetDuma Partner
        Apr 26, 2020
        Just in case then, if the VPN server were to be attacked then you would need to manually change the VPN server to get the connection back up and running. You can enable the option to disable the internet completely when this gets taken down to ensure your IP isn't revealed.