Syncthing for dummies?

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#1

Hi, I have just found out about Syncthing as a more secure alternative to being able to access my office network drive when traveling abroad so I can work and not worry.

I think Syncthing looks great and will fit the bill for me but I am having a few issues in getting it to run between my devices (as well as my co-worker’s). We are a very small business with no IT competence.

So far I have been able to name the network drive as a repository for my work desktop and I have also connected both my android phone and pc laptop with each other with their Device ID.

My issue is that my devices are shown as disconnected whenever I am in the Web GUI on any of the devices.

Also, on my pc laptop I am receive an error note “Failed to create UPnP port mapping”.

I saw the post about opening ports 22000/TCP and 21025/UDP in the firewalls and I have done so (I think).

Any helpful tips? Need any additional information? Is there a Syncthing for Dummies somewhere?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you! T

#2

So the fact that you cannot connect is probably down to the firewall as it always is. Are you behind a router/NAT on both sides? If yes, you need UPnP to work, if it doesn’t work, you will need to setup port forwarding on atleast one side.

#3

This is supposed to be the getting started guide, but it’s unfortunately out of date and not that great. It doesn’t get the attentions it deserves. I hope someone, maybe me, does something about that one day soon.

#4