Hi
Can I use the crowd render Addon with two pc that are not in the same network?
For example a buddy of mine is living 15km away from me and, when we tried to connect the Pcs it sad "connecting" for like 30 sec and then switched to "failed to connect".
- The addon is installed and runnig on both Pcs
- We have the same Blender version
Hi RBW, ok the official answer is not yet, P2P connections between different networks are coming in the beta version. Howeverfor now, you can actually do this if you don't mind forwarding ports in your router. This approach is not recommended long term (which is why we're working on a better solution) since it allows external traffic to enter your router and be forwarded to a computer you specify. This is quite normal if you run a webserver or ftp server from your home/office network as there is quite literally no other way to do it, but those who do this understand the risks and take measures to prevent bad things from happening.
So if you feel comfortable with changing your router settings and understand the risks, send us an e-mail to info at crowdrender dot com dot au and we can give you the steps to make this work.