From 2e826cd80c97cbdcec3e600b802c43ec27263e39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jostein Kjønigsen Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:50:48 +0200 Subject: Improve TURN documentation. (#7167) --- docs/turn-howto.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/turn-howto.md') diff --git a/docs/turn-howto.md b/docs/turn-howto.md index 1bd3943f54..b26e41f19e 100644 --- a/docs/turn-howto.md +++ b/docs/turn-howto.md @@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ TURN server. The following sections describe how to install [coturn]() (which implements the TURN REST API) and integrate it with synapse. +## Requirements + +For TURN relaying with `coturn` to work, it must be hosted on a server/endpoint with a public IP. + +Hosting TURN behind a NAT (even with appropriate port forwarding) is known to cause issues +and to often not work. + ## `coturn` Setup ### Initial installation -- cgit 1.4.1