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Send discovery requests over link-local addresses in case multicast is unavailable #1

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seamlik opened this issue Mar 10, 2024 · 0 comments
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seamlik commented Mar 10, 2024

This usually happens when 2 devices are connected directly without a router. For example:

  • 2 Android devices connected via the hotspot provided by one of them
  • 2 laptops connected via an ethernet cable

In these scenarios, the user might try to transfer large files between devices, and there will be only 2 devices in the LAN, 1 being the gateway. Since multicast is likely not implemented or disabled, we can use the gateway IP as if it is the multicast discovery IP.

@seamlik seamlik added the enhancement New feature or request label Mar 10, 2024
@seamlik seamlik changed the title Send discovery requests to the gateway IP in case multicast is unavailable Send discovery requests over link-local addresses in case multicast is unavailable Mar 10, 2024
@seamlik seamlik closed this as completed Mar 16, 2024
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