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How do we add a PC manually for streaming with Sunshine and Moonlight? (lemmings.world)
submitted 3 days ago by lumony@lemmings.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I'm trying to stream games over the internet for me and a friend.

Connecting with my Android phone via my local network works fine.

Trying to add a computer manually with an IP address does not.

I went to https://www.showmyip.com/ to get my IP address and entered that, it didn't work. I tried adding the port in the Sunshine web UI after the IP address, that didn't work.

I've read this could be a firewall issue. I disabled ufw and connecting still does not work.

I tried enabling UPnP in the Sunshine web UI, and that didn't solve the problem.

What's the recommended way to connect to a PC manually? They're not very clear about what information is needed, even specifying that we need to include a port would help.

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Use a VPN like zerotier or tailscale to connect to your game host server.

This will punch through your firewall and it won't expose your server to the raw internet