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>Wow. This is really big. Really, really big

Not really. It is just a streaming service, you pretty much have to setup your own server. If you want to access it from outside of your home you would need to have a public IP (most ISP's will only give you a dynamic IP unless you get a business account, which means your IP will randomly change on you), setup and configure appropriate firewall rules. You have to leave the "server" up all the time.

To me this seems like a pretty big hassle really.



Your IP address is unlikely to change that often. My personal experience with Verizon, Spectrum, and Comcast is that it never changes. They're free to do so, and if you completely disconnect for a few days, you'll probably lose your DHCP lease, but I've never seen it happen. Of course it can, but it's not that big a deal in reality. Use a dynamic DNS server and you'll never have to worry about it.


A public IP is strictly necessary, our P2P layer (built on top of WebRTC) is pretty good about getting successful connections.




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