Can webrtc work with load balanced router?

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abdul basit

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Sep 6, 2019, 12:40:55 AM9/6/19
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Hi,

We have multiple internet connections in our office and we are planning to use a load balancer router to load balance between multiple connections. I wanted to ask if webrtc will have any issue with it as the ips may be different for different requests ( I am not sure). This is the router I am planning to use. https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/load-balance-router/tl-r470t+/ . Have you guys used it or can you tell if webrtc apps will work on this ? As most of our work is related to webrtc calls.

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GreenTree

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Sep 6, 2019, 4:44:36 PM9/6/19
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Webrtc is based on peer to peer, and peer to peer is based on hole punching. Assumption would be using public ip address to make 2 way communication possible between parties behind routers and behind firewalls. 
So the public ip address has to be kept unchanged during communication. 
I don't think load balancing would change the public ip address, but I am not an IT guy, so I could be wrong. 
I would be more concerned with the firewall policy that prevents hole punching placed by some organizations. 



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