UDP and Peer-to-peer Wi-Fi

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Hi,

Peer-to-peer Wi-Fi + TCP works great. Here's how we create our TCP connection:

self.netService = [[NSNetService alloc] initWithDomain:domain type:protocol name:name port:self.port];
self.netService.includesPeerToPeer = YES;
[self.netService setDelegate:self];
[self.netService publishWithOptions:NSNetServiceListenForConnections];

But as explained in the documentation, NSNetServiceListenForConnections doens't work for an UDP connection: "The listener supports only TCP connections."

Is there a way to enable Peer-to-peer Wi-Fi + UDP?

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bunuelcubosoto

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Answer 1

You might be able to get this to work by publishing a TCP service with both

includesPeerToPeer

and

NSNetServiceListenForConnections

and then, simultaneously, publishing a UDP service. The published TCP service may be enough to triggered the necessary peer-to-peer Wi-Fi magic.

However, even if this works it’s obviously less than ideal; I encourage you to file an enhancement request outlining your requirements and the support you’d like to the OS to provide. Please post your bug number, just for the record.

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Answer 2

Hi,

Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately, that doesn't work.

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