diff --git a/src/GameCult.Mesh/CultMesh.cs b/src/GameCult.Mesh/CultMesh.cs
index 460584b6..739ed5a2 100644
--- a/src/GameCult.Mesh/CultMesh.cs
+++ b/src/GameCult.Mesh/CultMesh.cs
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ namespace GameCult.Mesh
     public sealed class CultMeshRudpSocketOptions
     {
         /// <summary>Gets or sets the local bind host.</summary>
-        public string BindHost { get; set; } = "127.0.0.1";
+        public string BindHost { get; set; } = "0.0.0.0";
         /// <summary>Gets or sets the local bind port.</summary>
         public int BindPort { get; set; }
         /// <summary>Gets or sets a caller-owned bound socket.</summary>
diff --git a/tests/GameCult.Networking.Tests/NetworkingTests.cs b/tests/GameCult.Networking.Tests/NetworkingTests.cs
index 42707754..862428a8 100644
--- a/tests/GameCult.Networking.Tests/NetworkingTests.cs
+++ b/tests/GameCult.Networking.Tests/NetworkingTests.cs
@@ -3114,6 +3114,12 @@ namespace GameCult.Networking.Tests
             Assert.That(catalog.IsAuthorized(peer, CultMeshPeerRoles.ShardPrimary, "players-us-east", now.AddMinutes(6)), Is.False);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void CultMeshRudpClient_DefaultBindAllowsRemoteRoutes()
+        {
+            Assert.That(new CultMeshRudpSocketOptions().BindHost, Is.EqualTo("0.0.0.0"));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void CultMeshRudpFacade_CreatesAuthorizedClientFromPeerEndpoint()
         {