Remote Gaming Rig

[alphaorc]

I would like to have my gaming rig in a closet and game on it while in my living room.

 

I was inspired by Linus' home gaming setup and was thinking about my options. Budget is not an issue but rather that I'm more or less stuck with cat 7.

 

I live in a rented apartment so I'd rather try to work with what I have instead of pulling new cables. I have one ethernet line from my closet to my living room. What are my options to have a gaming server (probably a beefy computer with unraid similar to this setup) to which I can remotely (within the same LAN) connect and play games?

 

As far as I see it, I either use Linus' approach and pull new cables (fiber optics, display port etc.) such that on the receiving end I only have my monitors and peripherals or I use my existing Ethernet cables that connect the gaming server with some type of NUC/barebones build and then remote desktop to it. Are there any other options that I'm missing?

 

I have a feeling remote desktop is not going to give me the performance I want. I currently have a Samsung G9 and an ROG PG348Q hooked up to my gaming rig together with a boatload of peripherals. Not sure how a NUC would handle that with gsync and all.

 

Basically I'm wondering if there is some kind of extender/adapter that takes display and usb input and routes it via ethernet so that I can connect natively my displays and peripherals over ethernet? Similar to what Linus did with thunderbolt (apparently he wasn't too happy with it in the end)

 

[HanZie82]

You will need thunderbolt docks and fiber optic thunderbolt cables.

And even then its spotty at best.

So if the rooms are far apart. Good luck...

 

[lieder1987]

In theory you could use one these HDMI over ethernet boxes, but that only solves one of your problems. You will not find anything that will handle inputs as well.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-HDMI-Extender-Ethernet/dp/B00OZV04BK

 

At very best you will get a 1080p signal and that is unlikely.

[cw1]

A few issues with what you have in mind. Cooling for your closet and remoting. Search pcoip to solve remoting issues.

[brob]

There are KVM over IP solutions that may provide the desired performance.

[AK33]

On 11/28/2021 at 6:51 AM, alphaorc said:

I would like to have my gaming rig in a closet and game on it while in my living room.

 

I was inspired by Linus' home gaming setup and was thinking about my options. Budget is not an issue but rather that I'm more or less stuck with cat 7.

 

I live in a rented apartment so I'd rather try to work with what I have instead of pulling new cables. I have one ethernet line from my closet to my living room. What are my options to have a gaming server (probably a beefy computer with unraid similar to this setup) to which I can remotely (within the same LAN) connect and play games?

 

As far as I see it, I either use Linus' approach and pull new cables (fiber optics, display port etc.) such that on the receiving end I only have my monitors and peripherals or I use my existing Ethernet cables that connect the gaming server with some type of NUC/barebones build and then remote desktop to it. Are there any other options that I'm missing?

 

I have a feeling remote desktop is not going to give me the performance I want. I currently have a Samsung G9 and an ROG PG348Q hooked up to my gaming rig together with a boatload of peripherals. Not sure how a NUC would handle that with gsync and all.

 

Basically I'm wondering if there is some kind of extender/adapter that takes display and usb input and routes it via ethernet so that I can connect natively my displays and peripherals over ethernet? Similar to what Linus did with thunderbolt (apparently he wasn't too happy with it in the end)

 

have you got anything working yet? i'm trying to do the same thing.