Re: [pntaw] Real-time media over TCP

Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu> Wed, 09 October 2013 16:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [pntaw] Real-time media over TCP
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On 10/8/13 12:32 AM, Harald Alvestrand wrote:

> Don't forget the (likely) case where the destination is also reached
> through a TURN server, so that the path is
>
> user 1->TCP->TURN server 1->UDP->TURN server 2->TCP->user 2
>
> For extra irony, the two clients may be using the same TURN service, so
> that the UDP hop is an intra-datacenter or even intra-machine hop :-)

If that happens, its time to seek out a new TURN server vendor.
A good one should be able to figure this out and optimize it.

	Thanks,
	Paul