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NAT traversal

Networking På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-23

Techniques to establish P2P connections through NAT — STUN, TURN, ICE, hole punching.

The driving force in WebRTC, BitTorrent, Tailscale. STUN: "what's my public IP?". TURN: relay server when direct P2P fails. ICE: try methods in falling order. CGN (carrier-grade NAT) makes it harder.

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