I've just created a new sails.js app with
sails new testProject
Then I did
sails lift
Now I navigate to my address (http://153.92.xx.xxx:1337
) and everything works.
However, I know that sails uses XHR by default but tries to upgrade to WebSockets if it can. No matter what I try I can't get WebSockets to work.
I can see that the app tries to connect but is just (pending) for about 18 seconds before it gives up. It then goes back to XHR.
The error reads:
WebSocket connection to 'ws://153.92.xx.xxx:1337/socket.io/?__sails_io_sdk_version=0.11.0&__sails_io_sdk_platform=browser&__sails_io_sdk_language=javascript&EIO=3&transport=websocket&sid=8qjNepcGV5Rh3VvzAAAA' failed: Error during WebSocket handshake: net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET
What could I be doing wrong?
I believe this is because of a personal firewall.
My best guess is that a personal firewall that was on my machine blocks websockets if they are not using "standard" ports.