ZappoB Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Hello community,I'm using BTSync now on three local (LAN) devices (Mac mini / Macbook / Raspberry) and untill now it works well for me.I'm just wondering, what the "Listening Port" is for, and how it should be set: on all devices the same port, or a different port for each device?Thank you for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisH Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 This only matters if you have to open ports in your router or configure firewall rules etc. In a LAN environment you can just leave it untouched, especially if it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZappoB Posted July 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Ok, and how must they set, if I want to sync over WAN (what I plan to do with the RPi)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 You SHOULD forward the listen port in your router's configuration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZappoB Posted July 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 That's all? And then the RPi is found even in another network? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaykay Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 in my case, i have an RPi behind a router with a dynamic ip.and it just works, even without setting a listening port and port forwarding. i don't know why, but hey, it works. i guess this is the magic of the bittorrent-protocol when you need other services to access your RPi from outside you LAN, google "dyndns". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZappoB Posted July 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 I familiar to DynDNS, I'm using it right now, but I thought, this is not necessary for BTSync...I'm not able to find an understandable description, how the clients have to be setup for WAN with all the possible settings.Important for me: no one else than me should have access to my data than me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaykay Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 as i said, for me it *just works*, without dyndns or any port settings.and everyone who has the secrets has access, noone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 If you're using predefined hosts, you NEED the port forwarding AND you need to use dyndns to have the public IP be always known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZappoB Posted July 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 as i said, for me it *just works*, without dyndns or any port settings.and everyone who has the secrets has access, noone else.Ok, thank you, I misunderstood your first answer, I thought it works with DynDNS, but you wrote "with dynamic IP".If you're using predefined hosts, you NEED the port forwarding AND you need to use dyndns to have the public IP be always known.Thank you also, I think I got it now - I'll do my testings these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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