diff --git a/zebra-report/index.html b/zebra-report/index.html
index 8d0493a..9987cbb 100644
--- a/zebra-report/index.html
+++ b/zebra-report/index.html
@@ -223,7 +223,24 @@
   <div class="row">
     <div class="dot warn" id="dot-rtc"></div>
     <span id="rtc-status" class="note">disconnected — start audio first, then pick a role below</span>
+    <button id="btn-reset-rtc" style="margin-left:auto">reset connection</button>
   </div>
+  <details>
+    <summary>stuck on the same LAN? host candidates as <code>.local</code>?</summary>
+    <p class="note">
+      modern browsers anonymize host IPs as <code>.local</code> mDNS names for
+      privacy. if a router blocks multicast (common on guest Wi-Fi, sometimes
+      consumer defaults), peers cannot resolve each other's <code>.local</code>
+      addresses & host candidates fail. workaround: turn off the obfuscation.
+    </p>
+    <p class="note" style="margin-top:0.3rem">
+      Firefox: <code>about:config</code> → set
+      <code>media.peerconnection.ice.obfuscate_host_addresses</code> to <code>false</code>.<br>
+      Chromium: <code>chrome://flags/#enable-webrtc-hide-local-ips-with-mdns</code>
+      → set to Disabled.<br>
+      reload the page after toggling, then retry.
+    </p>
+  </details>
 
   <div class="rtc-role">
     <h3>role A · start a new connection</h3>
@@ -977,6 +994,14 @@ function ensurePC() {
     const stream = ev.streams[0] || new MediaStream([ev.track]);
     attachInboundTrack(stream, ev.track.id);
   };
+  pc.onicecandidate = (ev) => {
+    if (!ev.candidate) return;
+    const c = ev.candidate.candidate;
+    const tm = c.match(/typ\s+(\S+)/);
+    const typ = tm ? tm[1] : '?';
+    const mdns = c.includes('.local') ? ' (mdns-anonymized)' : '';
+    logLine('sys', `ice candidate: ${typ}${mdns}`);
+  };
   pc.onconnectionstatechange = () => {
     const s = pc.connectionState;
     rtcStatus.textContent = 'connection: ' + s;
@@ -986,6 +1011,7 @@ function ensurePC() {
       announceHello().catch(() => {});
     } else if (s === 'failed' || s === 'closed' || s === 'disconnected') {
       dotRtc.className = 'dot';
+      logLine('err', `webrtc ${s} — click "reset connection" then retry`);
     }
   };
   pc.oniceconnectionstatechange = () => {
@@ -994,6 +1020,30 @@ function ensurePC() {
   return pc;
 }
 
+function resetConnection() {
+  if (pc) {
+    try { pc.close(); } catch (_) {}
+    pc = null;
+  }
+  for (const [, d] of rxDecoders) {
+    try { d.node.disconnect(); } catch (_) {}
+    try { d.audio.pause(); d.audio.srcObject = null; } catch (_) {}
+  }
+  rxDecoders.clear();
+  $('local-offer').value = '';
+  $('local-answer').value = '';
+  $('remote-offer').value = '';
+  $('remote-answer').value = '';
+  for (const id of ['offer-status','answer-status','ans-status']) {
+    $(id).textContent = ''; $(id).className = 'status-line';
+  }
+  rtcStatus.textContent = 'disconnected — pick a role below';
+  dotRtc.className = 'dot warn';
+  logLine('sys', 'connection reset — ready to retry');
+}
+
+$('btn-reset-rtc').addEventListener('click', resetConnection);
+
 function waitForIceGathering(p) {
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     if (p.iceGatheringState === 'complete') return resolve();