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DIrect connection
I have installed Steam Link Linux app via flatpack and it works great.

Up until now I was using Steam Linux client for streaming games from my PC to laptop. However my PC is in another building and I would connect to it via internet using this Steam Linux client console command:

connect_remote <ip>:27036

This would make a direct connection from my laptop to the PC giving considerably lower latency than the default mode, which goes over a relay server.

Is direct connection possible using Steam Link Linux app?
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slouken
Mar 5, 2021 @ 8:52am 
Steam Link uses ICE to negotiate a direct connection. If you bring up the performance graph it'll show details about the connection method.
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2m
Mar 6, 2021 @ 3:27am 
I see. For some reason ICE does not discover that there is a direct connection possible. The performance overlay shows that the connection is relayed (first screenshot in: https://imgur.com/a/cYAwvDS ) when using Steam Link.

However when starting Remote Play from the linux Steam Client after using the "connect_remote" command, the performance overlay reports a direct connection (second screenshot from: https://imgur.com/a/cYAwvDS ).

What could be a reason that ICE fails to negotiate a direct connection? Is there something that I could do to give it a hint to make a direct connection?
Last edited by 2m; Mar 6, 2021 @ 3:34am
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2m
Mar 14, 2021 @ 8:18am 
Do you have any tips how could I debug why ICE does not negotiate a direct connection?
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2m
Mar 23, 2021 @ 2:05pm 
Noticed the following in today's release notes:

* Enable peer to peer connection when faster than using Steam relays (this can be changed in the app Streaming Settings)

After updating Steam Link now it uses a direct connection. Awesome work!
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