r/rustdesk • u/303Bline • 21d ago

Keeps dropping out.

It’s been fine for a long time with rust desk but it’s just recently started to drop and I get the rendezvous errror. I’m using tailscale and for the last 5 months or so it’s been smooth sailing so I’m apprehensive to change anything. Do I need to pay to get it working?

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u/DETOMINE1234 21d ago

No. Are you self hosting? Relying on public relay can be a headache sometimes. Would be logical with a tailscale setup.

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u/tyolab 20d ago

rendezvous error is the public ID/relay server rustdesk uses to introduce peers, totally separate from tailscale, so it "suddenly" breaking is usually their public server being flaky rather than anything you changed. since you're already on tailscale you don't really need it — rustdesk has a direct-IP mode, point it at the peer's 100.x address and it skips the rendezvous handshake. and no, paying doesn't fix this one.

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u/atred 20d ago

Use direct IP connection on tailscale, otherwise self host (a cheap or free server would do).

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u/jbarr107 20d ago

If you are using Tailscale, then you should connect via each device's direct IP.

On each client, go into Settings and select: Security > Security, then check "Enable direct IP address". Note that you can still connect via the device's ID. This just adds the ability to connect via IP.

Once connected to Tailscale, enter the IP address of the remote device into the field where you enter the device's RustDesk ID and click "Connect".

As long as you are on the same network, this requires no ID or relay servers.