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I wonder why NAT hole punching techniques never took off much with P2P, it seems like with enough work getting around NAT most of the time would be possible.
by Saris 2y ago
I wonder why NAT hole punching techniques never took off much with P2P, it seems like with enough work getting around NAT most of the time would be possible.
- wickedsickeune 2y agoYou can't hole punch on mobile. Most mobile networks use symmetric NATs unfortunately.
- qalmakka 2y agoGood, reliable ways to do hole punching were not available until relatively late (STUN, ICE) and were somewhat finicky for a long time, especially on crappy routers. Also, multiple levels of nat are unfortunately common and make STUN unreliable