How To Limit Syncing Only When Connected In Home Lan/wlan

[at4roku1]

Hello,

 

sorry for this newbie question - I´m not familiar with network things in detail. How can I exlude any syncing over the internet and limit it to the home LAN/WLAN?

 

Thank you for your support,

 

Robert

[GreatMarko]

Please take a few moments to read the Unofficial FAQ, notably the section "Can I force Sync to do local network (LAN) syncing only and not sync via the Internet?"

[at4roku1]

Thank you for your quick answer - I´ve just configured my Laptop this way. Do I have to do the same for the PC (synced with Laptop) at home even it will never leave the WLAN?

[nickluck]

Hello!

I have gone through this some time ago and managed to get this working on BTsync 1.3.

Since when I moved to 1.4, though, I'm having again problems.

 

All my peers have windows and bt 1.4.

 

I see peers connected (and actually syncing) even if I'm in a completely different state. Restarting BTsync doesn't help.

How can I solve this?

I'm on a mobile connection and I only want a couple of folders to sync, not all of them.

 

Thanks

Nicola

[RomanZ]

Nicola,

 

Folder preferences responsible for Syncing only over LAN (i.e. disabling tracker, relay and DHT) did not change in 1.4.

Could you please elaborate 

 

I see peers connected (and actually syncing) even if I'm in a completely different state.

?

[nickluck]

Hi,

 

by different state I meant my peers are in Italy and Netherlands while I'm in Greece now (since 2 days already).

 

As you can see in the screenshot, the folder synced last time this morning, despite me having restarted my laptop 2-3 times in the last 2 days.

 

Nicola

[RomanZ]

@nickluck

 

Thanks for explanation. Your issue happens due to fact that Sync remembers last peers it was syncing to, so it can approach them even without LAN discovery or contacting Tracker or DHT. There is no explicit control which can reset the cached list, though you can do the following:

 

1) Open the preferences -> advanced -> more options

2) Set the "peer_expiration_days" to 1 (don't set it to zero, zero means - never setting it to zero means - "do not cache")

3) Sync will forget about your remote peers after nearly one day since last contact.

Edited September 23, 2014 by RomanZ
Updated information on "peer_expiration_days" value.

[nickluck]

Will this actually work?

I switch on my laptop every day, so it will contact them daily.

 

Furthermore, do I have to set this on all 3 peers?

I connect from within a corporate network, so I guess my IP is fixed.

 

@nickluck

 

Thanks for explanation. Your issue happens due to fact that Sync remembers last peers it was syncing to, so it can approach them even without LAN discovery or contacting Tracker or DHT. There is no explicit control which can reset the cached list, though you can do the following:

 

1) Open the preferences -> advanced -> more options

2) Set the "peer_expiration_days" to 1 (don't set it to zero, zero means - never)

3) Sync will forget about your remote peers after nearly one day since last contact.

 

[RomanZ]

@nickluck

I've got some updated info - the "0" value means "Do not cache peers". So setting to 0 should help you. And - yes, this setting need to be applied to 3 of your laptops, otherwise other laptops will attempt to connect to your one (and succeed if IP did not change).

Also, it is advised not to leave "peer_expiration_days" as zero forever and set it back to some positive value after you reset cache successfully.

[nickluck]

Well, then it means I can't do it, since not all my peers can be accessed.