Code: 1. First establish a VPN. I use a bridged VPN set up with OpenVPN. It works fine. The VPN client created a tap0 interface with the IP 11.0.0.3. 2. Re-route packets for 255.255.255.255 to your VPN interface (Here tap0) # route add host 255.255.255.255 dev tap0 3. In /etc/hosts, remove any reference to your hostname (TACHIBANA here) and, on the first line, add : 11.0.0.3 TACHIBANA 4. Compile this little hack made by Raphael : http://hughes.homelinux.org:8080/~raphael/bind_hack.tar.bz2 . On a 64 bits machine, here's how I compiled this little hack : $ cc bind_hack.c -o bind_hack.so -O2 -fPIC -Wall -shared -lc -nostdlib -m32 5. Launch RA3 with wine, while preloading this little hack. /path/to/RA3$ LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/bind_hack/bind_hack.so wine RA3 6. Connect on the Lobby and check if you see your friends. 7. Create a game, let the users connect, choose their team, ... 8. Launch the game 9. Play 10. ????? 11. Profit ! Sorry for bumping this thread but, could you elaborate step 1? I'm trying to set up a bridged vpn with openvpn does it need ssl and such too?