Using on another network?

[ocelot20]

Very sorry if this has been asked before. Am wondering if I buy this can I use it on another network?

For example I take my PS TV with me to work. When I get a chance I connect it to a small monitor and connect to the internet via cable. I can then stream my PS4 games to the PS TV with little to no lag.

Can I do the same with the Steam Link? Or does it have to be on the same network at my main PC? Also any idea if this thing will work with a PS4 controller?

[isu-kun]

The Steam Link does not connect to the internet, just the local network it is attached to. You would not be able to hook it up at work and connect to a system that's on your home network.

As far as controller support, very little is known about what controllers will be supported in the end. The Steam Link does have Bluetooth (states it right on the store page), but that may be limited to keyboards, mice, specific PC compatible controllers and possibly headsets (they haven't stated if headsets will be supported or not).

[isu-kun]

Did he mention using VPN? The PS TV is capable of streaming over the internet provided you have a good enough connection. Which is most likely what he's talking about, not running through a VPN Server.

[isu-kun]

Also, most, if not all, streaming boxes don't have VPN clients. That means hooking up to a special router or another system to even get this to work, plus possibly having to pay monthly for a VPN service if he doesn't have his own server back home. It's not a practical solution for most people, and odds are, you'll get serious latency issues or dropped quality trying to stream this way.

He asked a very simple question and the simple answer is no, the Steam Link does not work that way. There's no benefit to confusing people.

[isu-kun]

No, he asked if he could do it the same way as Playstation TV, which isn't using VPN. The answer to that question is NO, you can't. You also seem to be missing the bit about him doing this from work, where he probably doesn't have access to the router settings and could potentially be fired for messing with the network just so he can play games at work.

[isu-kun]

I'm not manipulating words, I'm trying to answer his damn question. You're the one who sidetracked it by bringing up VPN which wasn't part of the original question. Why are you so dead set on making everything more complicated than it needs to be? If you want to offer an alternative suggestion, do so, don't sit there and ramble on for multiple posts about a more roundabout and impractical way of doing something just because it's technically possible.

[8BitCerberus]

It's the same as In-Home Streaming. Which means it needs to be on the same network as the host PC.

However, if you have a fast enough upload speed from your home internet service, you can do something like Hamachi or OpenVPN which would let you connect fairly simply back to your gaming PC at home while you're on another network/across the internet.

Another option, but it will cost about $0.50 / hour of gaming, you can set up an Amazon EC2 instance as a remote gaming PC that you then connect over the internet to. Still requires Hamachi/OpenVPN for In-Home Streaming to work, but Amazon most likely has much much faster upload speed than any home internet you might have.

Originally posted by isu-kun:

No, he asked if he could do it the same way as Playstation TV, which isn't using VPN.

Technically it is using precisely that, it's just automatically paired with no need to set anything up other than your PSN account.

[isu-kun]

It's great that you guys like to argue, but the answer is still "no" it does not work like the Playstation TV and that was my point from the start. Continuing to argue about this is just misleading since it gives the impression that doing things the roundabout way is the solution to his problem when really, he doesn't even need a Steam Link to do what he's trying to do, so who gives a crap if you can use VPN to get it to do what his Playstation TV does? That's not the solution to his problem.