# P2P Seeded File Sync

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/p2p-seeded-file-sync/277>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** feature\
**Created:** [June 3, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/p2p-seeded-file-sync/277 "2016-06-03T15:58:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/p2p-seeded-file-sync/277/7 "2016-06-10T18:45:09Z")

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> [@oparoz](#):
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> I’m wondering if it wouldn’t be best to simply launch a P2P daemon and add the folders to NC via files\_external?

There are some reports of users doing this already:

> **[ownCloud Central](https://central.owncloud.org)**
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> ownCloud Central: Discuss - Learn - Ask

> **[ownCloud Central](https://central.owncloud.org)**
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> ownCloud Central: Discuss - Learn - Ask

> **[ownCloud Central](https://central.owncloud.org)**
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> ownCloud Central: Discuss - Learn - Ask

So there is a way to do it. And if the LAN sync ([LAN sync please](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/lan-sync-please/512/1)) was implemented, it don’t see the use-case for this. Or even a server-2-server-sync: [ownCloud server synchronisation (mirrored/redundant serving) [$275] · Issue #1190 · owncloud/core · GitHub](https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/1190)

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