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peers behind 4G mobile router can't connect

Open ihubgit opened this issue 4 years ago • 3 comments

Hi, i've been trying out webdrop.space in order to connect two peers over the Internet who are behind 4G mobile routers without success. Maybe it's a mobile operator issue blocking everything torrent, but do I need to open certain TCP and/or UDP ports on the router ? If so, the caveat might be there...

ihubgit avatar May 06 '21 17:05 ihubgit

  • You don't need to open any TCP/UDP ports particularly for using webdrop

There maybe many reasons for P2P connections to not be established:

  • WebTorrent trackers are blocked or can't connect to them
  • One peer is using IPv4 while other is IPv6 (with no IPv4 fallback): https://github.com/subins2000/p2pt/issues/21
  • Router firewall issues (I don't know more about how to fix them)

More on this is discussed here: https://github.com/subins2000/p2pt/issues/21

subins2000 avatar May 07 '21 18:05 subins2000

ok did another test, and this time it worked. Only thing is that transfer is painstakingly slow: continuously skips between 64, 128, 192 and 256 KB/s... Is this normal or could this be improved somehow ?

ihubgit avatar May 28 '21 13:05 ihubgit

Depends on the internet connection you have. Its just another WebRTC app, there's nothing that prevents it from using the full bandwidth available

subins2000 avatar Aug 11 '21 08:08 subins2000