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protocolAugust 9, 20267 min readRTSPLink Engineering

WebRTC ICE Candidate Gathering: Host, Srflx, and Relay States

Debug STUN binding requests, NAT mapping discovery, and TURN relay allocations during WebRTC peer negotiation.

#WebRTC#ICE Candidates#STUN#TURN#NAT Traversal
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#1Candidate Types Explained

- Host: Local LAN IP address (Fastest, direct peer-to-peer on same network) - Srflx (Server Reflexive): Public WAN IP discovered via STUN server - Relay: TURN server relay address (Guaranteed connection across symmetric NATs)

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