Connect directly via IP over LAN

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Connect directly via IP over LAN

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Hi,
Can you add an option to connect to server directly by providing IP? This would simplify playing over VPN since many of them do not allow UDP broadcast which makes finding games impossible.
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Awake works on Hamachi and Tunngle via UDP.
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Great, but how does it answer my question?
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Can you add an option to connect to server directly by providing IP?
What server you talking about?
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User hosting game on LAN via UDP.
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To play via LAN, all computers must be connected to the same LAN. A player who wishes to join your game will need to know the game's name like here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWZvO1yTGOk

I remember that blankname did Direct IP connection but it don't work for me (i can't see the connection type). Maybe we add IP connection to Awake Reboot.
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To play via LAN, all computers must be connected to the same LAN. A player who wishes to join your game will need to know the game's name like here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWZvO1yTGOk
This is the thing I am talking about — Diablo tries to find games using UDP broadcast which is not forwarded by default in many VPN implementations. If you add connecting directly by IP, gamers will be able to play with each other using any layer 3 VPN (e.g. Windows RRAS) or even without it (with public IP and/or port forwarding).
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