Bug: You need to be online to pair devices.

[niklaskoskowski]

Hi there,
i just set up PairDrop on my netcup.de Webhosting via node.js.
So far so good, but as soon as I try to use it, it either says "No server connection. Retry in 5s..." or "You need to be online to pair devices."

[schlagmichdoch]

This probably happens because your HTTP server does not route your websocket requests correctly. Therefore, those requests fail and the client shows a message that the server is not reachable.

Be sure to follow the documention and have a look at the Apache configuration example: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop/blob/master/docs/host-your-own.md#using-apache
specifically:

	RewriteEngine on
	RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} websocket [NC]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP:Connection} upgrade [NC]
	RewriteRule ^/?(.*) "wws://127.0.0.1:3000/$1" [P,L]

[schlagmichdoch]

@niklaskoskowski Has it worked since? I’d like to close this issue.

[schlagmichdoch]

@niklaskoskowski I will close this for now. Feel free to reopen with additional information if it is still not working for you.