eddieparker Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I have a firewall that I'm not in control of that's not permitting me to btsync with. What are the normal solutions to this (aside from finding a network administrator and bribing them with flattery? )? The only thing I can think of involves socat and ssh tunnels, but i'm hoping something simpler is available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest proactiveservices Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Sync folders have "relaying" enabled by default, where intermediate systems are used to transfer files. The nature of these systems is not described, other than they're BitTorrent, Inc's systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 @eddieparker It depends on what is blocked. If outgoing traffic to port 3000 and other random ports are allowed AND other peer(s) can map ports with UPnP/PMP for NATs the peers should be able to connect. @proactiveservicesThe connection thru relay server is extremely slow. Also, it goes thru port 3000 and if FW blocks outgoing connection to, say, all non-web ports - it won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnetic_dud Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 I was wondering why my server was working even with ports closed.So, it might work also with closed ports, but performance is much much slower, because it goes through a Bittorrent Inc. server, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 @Magnetic_dud Well, it depends on what do you mean under "ports closed". Majority of firewalls by default close only incoming connections. If incoming connections are closed on both peers they won't be able to establish a direct connection - and they'll try to connect thru relay server (yes, BitTorrent server) which is rather slow and is indicated with "cloud" icon in devices tab. If any of 2 peers has incoming connections allowed - peers will make a direct connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnetic_dud Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Closed ports on incoming connections.Average transfers will have one peer with incoming connections allowed (port rerouted over NAT) but the other won't.Can the direct connection happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 @Magnetic_dud Yeah, sync should work. My lab experiment also confirms that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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