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Hi all,

I've been hosting miscellaneous gaming servers for my friends for a while because I have a spare computer with enough power to handle hosting. Currently, clients connect to the global IP of the network (Serv1), as one would expect for a personal server. My question is: Is there a way to have clients to connect to a separate [dummy?] global IP (Serv2) and have specified traffic routed to the servers' IP (Serv1) with minimal latency/lag penalty? I'm not sure if there's a term for this and I'm not even sure how to search for this on Google. Is there software that would allow for this? Hardware? Service? Is it a practical way to mask home IP from low level attacks? Should I just say screw it and get a rent a Linode instead if security is a concern? I've attached some images to show what I have and what I want, the latter having the second Global IP, "Serv2".

 

 

Current config

 

What_I_Have.jpg

 

 

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Desired config

 

What_I_Want.jpg

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3 minutes ago, Diamante1185 said:

Hi all,

I've been hosting miscellaneous gaming servers for my friends for a while because I have a spare computer with enough power to handle hosting. Currently, clients connect to the global IP of the network (Serv1), as one would expect for a personal server. My question is: Is there a way to have clients to connect to a separate [dummy?] global IP (Serv2) and have specified traffic routed to the servers' IP (Serv1) with minimal latency/lag penalty? I'm not sure if there's a term for this and I'm not even sure how to search for this on Google. Is there software that would allow for this? Hardware? Service? Is it a practical way to mask home IP from low level attacks? Should I just say screw it and get a rent a Linode instead if security is a concern? I've attached some images to show what I have and what I want, the latter having the second Global IP, "Serv2".

A vpn with port forwarding is likely the only thing.

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