High Latency and Relaying Issues
High Latency & Relaying
If you're experiencing high latency (or high ping times), it's possible the connection between two nodes is being Relayed. The command zerotier-cli peers (available in 1.4.x and above) will give you information on what if any connections are being relayed. The output will look something like this:
[root@host] # zerotier-cli peers
<ztaddr> <ver> <role> <lat> <link> <lastTX> <lastRX> <path>
61d294b9cb - PLANET 43 DIRECT 1617 6580 50.7.73.34/9993
62f865ae71 - PLANET 193 DIRECT 1617 1424 2001:49f0:d0db:2::2/9993
6xxxxxxxx1 1.6.4 LEAF 730 DIRECT 8714 8714 35.222.83.92/62191
778cde7190 - PLANET 76 DIRECT 1617 11607 103.195.103.66/9993
992fcf1db7 - PLANET 163 DIRECT 6623 1454 2a02:6ea0:c024::/9993
deadbeef01 1.6.4 LEAF -1 RELAY
If you see the peer you're trying to contact in the RELAY state, that means packets are bouncing through our root servers because a direct connection between peers cannot be established. Side effects of RELAYING are increased latency and possible packet loss. See Router Configuration Tips for how to resolve this.
If you experience high latency or packet jitter for more than four hours please contact your network admin as this may be a sign of a serious network condition.