Creating a standard socket connection generally works the same as it would using an ordinary socket interface, however with ZeroTier there is a subtle difference in how connections are established which may cause confusion. Since ZeroTier employs transport-triggered link provisioning a direct connection between peers will not exist until contact has been attempted by at least one peer. During this time before a direct link is available traffic will be handled via our free relay service. The provisioning of this direct link usually only takes a couple of seconds but it is important to understand that if you attempt something like s `zts_connect(...)` call during this time it may fail due to packet loss. Therefore it is advised to repeatedly call `zts_connect(...)` until it succeeds and to wait to send additional traffic until `ZTS_EVENT_PEER_P2P` has been received for the peer you are attempting to communicate with. All of the above is optional, but it will improve your experience.
Creating a standard socket connection generally works the same as it would using an ordinary socket interface, however with ZeroTier there is a subtle difference in how connections are established which may cause confusion. Since ZeroTier employs transport-triggered link provisioning a direct connection between peers will not exist until contact has been attempted by at least one peer. During this time before a direct link is available traffic will be handled via our free relay service. The provisioning of this direct link usually only takes a couple of seconds but it is important to understand that if you attempt something like s `zts_connect(...)` call during this time it may fail due to packet loss. Therefore it is advised to repeatedly call `zts_connect(...)` until it succeeds and to wait to send additional traffic until `ZTS_EVENT_PEER_DIRECT` has been received for the peer you are attempting to communicate with. All of the above is optional, but it will improve your experience.