");` instead, it doesn’t return an error, but it also doesn’t add to the peer list.
---
### Author:  [@Discordian](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Discordian)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/cant-seem-to-get-browser-js-ipfs-functioning-over-the-net-using-webrtc-star-or-circuit-relay/10953/2 "2021-04-16T21:54:49Z")
Progress 🎉!
So I got **one** successful connection going for a fleeting moment. I connected with:
```auto
await ipfs.swarm.connect("/dns6/ipfs.thedisco.zone/tcp/4430/p2p/12D3KooWChhhfGdB9GJy1GbhghAAKCUR99oCymMEVS4eUcEy67nt/p2p-circuit/p2p/");
```
However often I get errors when trying to do this:
`Error: HOP request failed with code 260`
`Error: The operation was aborted`
After that one successful connection I haven’t succeeded since, but I’ve been given hope.
I should also mention I changed my config slightly:
```auto
relay: {
enabled: true,
hop: {
enabled: false,
active: true
}
},
```
I’m under the impression `enabled` on hop advertises I am a relay, but I’m trying to _use_ one. I hope this understanding is correct.
---
### Author:  [@Discordian](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Discordian)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/cant-seem-to-get-browser-js-ipfs-functioning-over-the-net-using-webrtc-star-or-circuit-relay/10953/3 "2021-04-16T22:11:23Z")
I tried changing my config to disable both `enabled` and `active` on the hop config … not sure it did anything though.
```auto
relay: {
enabled: true,
hop: {
enabled: false,
active: false
}
},
```
I realised upon init, Browser A and Browser B can happily connect. However in a minute or 2 they disconnect, and I cannot reconnect them.
Edit:
Some new questions come to mind, as I’m able to establish an initial connection…
1. Why do I lose connection after some time to peers I connect to through the relay?
2. Why can I not reconnect to these peers after the disconnection? I’m still peered with the relay itself.
3. Any way I can announce my p2p-circuit multiaddress? It doesn’t display in `ipfs.id()`, and I need to manually connect.
---
### Author:  [@Discordian](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Discordian)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/cant-seem-to-get-browser-js-ipfs-functioning-over-the-net-using-webrtc-star-or-circuit-relay/10953/4 "2021-04-17T06:13:56Z")
> [@Discordian](#):
>
> 1. What are the pros/cons of webrtc-star and circuit-relay?
> 2. Can they be used in conjunction?
> 3. How do I achieve connectivity given my scenarios below? (What am I doing wrong?)
> 4. Why do I lose connection after some time to peers I connect to through the relay?
> 5. Why can I not reconnect to these peers after the disconnection? I’m still peered with the relay itself.
> 6. Any way I can announce my p2p-circuit multiaddress? It doesn’t display in `ipfs.id()` , and I need to manually connect.
1. webrtc-star allows browser-browser communication, circuit-relay is useful when this isn’t possible
2. Yes.
3. For star, connecting to local peers is expected, for relay, this:
```js
await ipfs.swarm.connect("/dns6/ipfs.thedisco.zone/tcp/4430/p2p/12D3KooWChhhfGdB9GJy1GbhghAAKCUR99oCymMEVS4eUcEy67nt/p2p-circuit/p2p/");
```
1. js-ipfs doesn’t implement a keepalive, you have to do this yourself: [Peers disconnect every 10 minutes](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/peers-disconnect-every-10-minutes/8105)
2. Not sure
3. For now I’m going to put an additional software on my node that looks for js-ipfs peers and announces their p2p-circuit multiaddress over a pubsub channel